Plans State Fight Shapes Democratic Campaign
Democratic State committee chairman James W. Synan warned Republicans of a drawn out battle as the committee, meeting in Room 10 at Quincy House, outlined a brisk campaign. The group set an Oct 1 convention at Faneuil Hall and outlined upcoming actions including leadership posts, fundraising, and delegate apportionment based on 200 votes for governor.
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James W. Synan
Democratic State Committee
Quincy House
State Committee
Mr. Synan
Faneuil Hall
Worcester
Boston
Draper Refuses Talk on End to Bandit Terror
Acting Governor Eben Draper says he will not discuss further action after a conference with Chief Whitney of the State police on stopping the terror wrought by bandits across the state. The statement comes as authorities seek decisive measures.
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Eben. Draper
Whitney
State Police
Death of Stock Broker Charles Potter in East Douglas
Aug 12 Charles Potter of Dorchester a former associate of J J Quinlan the broker on Devonshire Street Boston ended his life at his father's farm in East Douglas by shooting himself.
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East Douglas
Chauncy Charles Potter
Dorchester
J. J. Quinlan
Devonshire Street
Boston
Potter Shoots Self After Family Loan Promise
Potter, a 44 year old Dorchester resident, is believed to have killed himself after obtaining a promised $1500 loan to start a brokerage in New Hampshire. He was cheerful after the promise, then shot himself at the farm. He left a wife Ada Potter and three children.
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Potter
New Hampshire
Brook Avenue
Dorchester
Ada Potter
J. J. Quinlan
Boston
Massachusetts
Blue serge suit sale catches on this vacation season
Right at the height of the vacation season a blue serge suit sale has caught on with emphatic popularity. The bold promotion emphasizes value and style appealing to shoppers seeking summer wardrobe updates.
State to Consider Militia and Rewards for Bandits
Acting Governor called Chief Whitney to discuss potential use of state militia to confront bandits and a large reward for criminals. Governor Draper refuses to comment while police prepare a mass round-up of tramps and vagrants and urge local authorities to report rendezvous.
Noted Boston Man Dies at Brookline Home
Charles Perkins Gardiner former president of the New England Conservatory of Music dies at his Clyde street Brookline residence at 7 last night. He was over 70 and had cancer. Gardiner long served as trustee of major estates and led the conservatory to a new Huntington avenue location. Funeral at Church of the Advent Boston Friday at 1 o'clock with interment at Forest Hills.
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Charles Perkins Gardiner
New England Conservatory of Music
New England
Clyde Street
Brookline
Mr. Gardiner
William Howard Gardiner
John Sylvester Gardiner
Boston
Trinity Church
Caroline Perkins
Thomas Handyside Perkins
Perkins Institution For the
South
Gardiner
Boston Latin School
Bedford Street
R. H. White Company
Edward Everett Hale
Lawrence Scientific School
Harvard
Fernwood
St. Paul’s School
Episcopal School
Concord
N. H
Brimmer Street
William R. Cabot
Amelia G. Candler
John W. Candler
John Huntington Gardiner
Ellinor Whitney
Henry M. Whitney
Church of the Advent
Forest Hillis Cemetery
Sherman
Kern
Mr. Dunne
Rider Haggard
Joe Cannon
Fairbanks
Roosevelt
White House
Sweeney
Washington
Africa
Wall Street
Tests of new Davis torpedo may break Japan's corner
Quincy August 12 reports the Hull Bay test of Lieutenant Commander Cleland Davis's new Davis torpedo off Sheep Island Boston Harbor. The double charge device, with a six inch rifled projectile, demonstrated control and penetration, suggesting potential to end Japan's Whitehead torpedo monopoly and boost U.S. naval defense.
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DAVIS
Japan
Quincy
Sheep Island
Boston Harbor
United States
Whitehead Torpedo Company
Cleland Davis
Army
Navy
Newberry
Navy Department
Juno
Naval Board
M. L. Bristol
Newport
R. I
J. R. Brady
Bureau of Ordnance
Washington, D. C
W. S. Miller
Little Island
Whitehead
United States Naval
Dooley and Dunne Discuss Prohibition and Politics
Mr Dunne comments on Chafin Prohibition candidacy and King Alcohol's decline in the South. He notes Maine towns benefit from prohibition and praises social reform subjects. He discusses Taft Bryan and Socialist Labor, plus vice presidency woes and Roosevelt’s Africa hunt.
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Dooley
Mr. Dunne
Chafin
Southland
York Beach
South
Boston
Jmaine
Taft
Bryan
Socialist Labor Party
Funeral of W. W. Rawson in Arlington
Flags at half staff marked Arlington’s funeral for Warren W. Rawson. Thousands lined the streets as the body passed from First Parish Unitarian Church to Mt Pleasant cemetery. Rev. Dr. William Rider preached, with over 200 in the escort and many groups attending town hall headquarters.
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Arlington
Warren W. Rawson
First Parish Unitarian
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
William Rider
Gloucester
Arlington Unitarian Church
Brother Fraternity
Rawson
Town Hall
Arlington Business Men’s Association
Arlington Fire Department
Lexington Grange
P. of
Friendship Lodge
Bethel Lodge
I. O
Mor ton and sisters seek 5 million each from English estate
Newark August 12 William M Morton former police commissioner and two sisters here expect to receive 5 000 000 each from the distribution of a long dead English ancestor s estate as reported in local notices of the time.
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Newark
William M. Morton
England
Louise Allen Arrested for Hotel Bill in Jersey City
Louise Allen Collier wife of comedian William Collier was arrested at the Pennsylvania railroad station in Jersey City on a $250 unpaid bill claim from the Grand Atlantic Hotel in Atlantic City. She was released on $500 bail and to appear again tomorrow. she denied the charges and warned the hotel management.
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New York
Louise Allen Collier
William Collier
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
Atlantic City
Grand Atlantic
Holy Roller attack shocks New Bedford court in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn a Holy Rollers member, Howard Dunwiddie, struck Magistrate Higginbotham after a private request. the magistrate responded with a jaw strike. Dunwiddie faced 1500 dollar bail for assault as 32 order members were arraigned for disorderly conduct. Miss Elizabeth Robinson was jailed on contempt after a confrontation in court over a report she circulated.
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New York
New Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn
Howard Dunwiddie
The
Holy Rollers
Higginbotham
Dunwiddie
Elizabeth Robinson
Order
Voig
Miss Robinson
Hem
Think Caig is dying in New Hampshire pursuit
A man identified as Charles Caig, sought for a Gloucester robbery at the Oceanside Hotel, lay dying at Cottage Hospital after a train top incident on the Portland express freight. He is unresponsive with slight injuries, and inspectors from Gloucester will identify him once consciousness returns.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Charles Caig
Gloucester
W. T. Cornell
Oceanside
Magnolia
Cottage Hospital
Dr. Berry
Marshal Hurley
Caig
Chief Marchant
Manchester
Margaret Donohue
British cable hints boy millionaire alive after Boulogne scare
A Liverpool cable to George H Chandler says Byron Chandler is well, implying the Boulogne sur Mer automobile death report may be a hoax or misidentification. The Oceanic’s New York arrival will settle if a man died or the incident was staged or mistaken.
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Liverpool
Oceanic
New York
North Reading
Boulogne-sur-Mer
France
George Byron Chandler
Boulogne sur-Mer
Chandler
Taft Says Day Long Conference Was Harmonious
Taft described his all day conference with Republican chairman Frank Hitchcock and chief of staff Arthur I. Vorys as harmonious and noted no one was spanked during the session in Hot Springs Virginia.
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Hot Springs
Judge Taft
Frank H. Hitchcock
Arthur I. Vorys
Taft Will Not Speak Outside Cincinnati in Campaign
Chairman Hitchcock announced after a three hour conference that Mr Taft will not speak outside Cincinnati during the campaign and will refrain from local political contentions in any state. The move addresses West Virginia contest judgments and the New York gubernatorial question regarding Governor Hughes.
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Hitchcock
Taft
Cincinnati
West Virginia
Hughes
New York State
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