Gompers Called Public Nuisance by Senator Sherman
Senator Sherman labels Samuel Gompers head of the American Federation of Labor a public nuisance in a digression on the shipping bill. He accuses Gompers of exploiting labor funds for defending dynamite case defendants and says Gompers escaped indictment.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Sherman
Illinois
Senate
Senator Sherman
Gompers
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Federation
Mr. Gompers
Funeral for General Paine in Arlington Street Church
The funeral for General Charles J Paine of Boston will be held tomorrow at noon at Arlington Street Church. A Civil War veteran and three time Americas Cup defender, Paine led troops at New Market and owned yachts Puritan Mayflower and Volunteer. He was a MIT member and served as director of multiple railroads. He died recently at age 87.
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Charles J.ine
Mount Vernon Street
Arlington Street
General Paine
Boston
Robert Treat Paine
Harvard
Rufus Choate
Amin F. Butler
Newmarket
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Mexican Central Railroad
France
Great Britain
Germany
Warward Corporation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John Bryant Paine
Charles Jackson Paine
Frank Cabot Paine
Frederick Winsor
Middlesex School
Concord
Kimball
Thatcher B. Kimball
Fisher
Richard T. Fisher
Chestnut Street
Curley Bans Child Labor At City Dumps
Mayor Curley ordered the Roxbury and Southampton street dump contractor to end employment of children as rag and paper pickers. The company representative cited difficulty in finding workers, while the sanitary and street cleaning teamsters union cited under 14 year olds at the dumps and warned of infantile paralysis and disease risks.
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Curley
Roxbury
Southampton Street
Sanitary and
No Change in British Vote Lists
London Aug 14 The cabinet decided that new franchise and registration reforms are too complex amid war and Premier Asquith introduced a bill to extend Parliament’s life by eight months in the House of Commons.
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Asquith
Edward Carson
London
House of Commons
Blessed Gabriel
Miss Powell Becomes Bride in Malden Nuptials
Miss Charlotte Louise Powell daughter of Captain John J. Powell of Malden married Frank G. Kloppenburg at Sacred Heart Church in Malden after a nuptial mass. The bride, a 1910 Centre Malden and 1913 Salem Normal School graduate, taught in Canton High School before resigning. The groom is a machine shop foreman at J. G. Blount in Everett. Attendant was Miss Mary G. Leavy. best man was Louis S. Kloppenburg.
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Charlotte Louise Powell
John J. Powell
Powell
Malden
Sacred Heart Church
Frank G. Kloppenburg
Elizabeth Kloppenburg
Ashland _ street
Centre Malden High School
Salem Normal School
Canton High School
Kloppenburg
J. G
Ground for Big Tabernacle Breaks on Old Ball Grounds
The speech and ground breaking at a planned Boston revival tabernacle on an east corner site discuss transportation access and legal relief for the brick building. Speakers reference Billy Sunday, press debates, and intentions to mobilize thousands of volunteers across 275 churches in Greater Boston for the campaign beginning November 12.
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John W. Hamilton
Emery
Blodgett
Boston
Boston Elevated Company
General Bancroft
Boston Fair
William A. Sunday
Sunday
New England
Greater
Billy Sunday
William &. Blodgett
Sunday Campaign Building Committee
Tabernacle
Huntington Avenue
Ships Crash Four Crown Off Seal Island
Eighteen survivors from the Gloucester halibut schooner Oriole, commanded by Captain McDonald, were rescued today by the Norwegian steamer Borghild after the vessel was rammed and sunk 40 miles southwest of Seal Island. Four crew members—Frank Doucette, Charles S. Streple, Edward Moriarty, and Robert Boudreau of Gloucester—were reported dead after a prolonged search.
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N. S
Gloucester
McDonald
Borghild
Seal Island
Aster
Frank Doucette
Charles 8. Streple
Edward Moriarty
Robert Boudreau
Hughes Speaks to Women at Spokane Rally
Senator Hughes urged a new spirit of efficient government in Spokane echoing calls for patriotism in administration. He defended tariff protection and critiqued the Democratic party’s war-linked benefits while warning what Underwood tariff may mean after the war. He spoke at an open air meeting and then left for Tacoma.
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Humdrum
Hughes
Democratic Party
Tacoma
Hughes Defends Policies at Idaho Rally
Charles E Hughes responded to critics claiming his policies were not constructive. He urged a protective tariff, a budget system, pork barrel elimination, reduction of waste and extravagance, and merit-based appointments, asking if that is not constructive. He argued these are the fundamentals of constructive policies in facing national challenges.
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Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
Charles E. Hughes
Mr. Hughes
Congress
Hughes
Big Railroad Strike Averted by President Hughes
President Hughes faces a tense labor rail showdown as railroads and Brotherhoods push eight hour day and overtime terms. Officials report ongoing talks, with arbitration on the table and a special 12 member board proposed if talks fail. The White House chairs two meetings, aiming to avert a nationwide strike.
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A. B. Garretson
Order of Railway Conductors
Newlands
Congress
Garretson
Mr. Garretson
Contingency Proposition Aims to End Double Pay
Washington Aug 14 The contingency proposition for road workers centers on removing all double compensation for overtime or dual service. Road managers considered modifying or withdrawing this feature at tonight's conference after workers demanded an eight hour day and extra overtime pay.
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Washington
Peace in sight after arbitration talks with railroads
G W W Hanger of the Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation cites President Wilson's influence in settling railroad labor disputes. Hanger and Knapp stay in New York while Chambers heads to Washington. if talks fail, the issue could be handled from New York.
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Washington
Wilson
G. W. W. Hanger
Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Mr. Hanger
Martin A. Knapp
W. L. Chambers
Hanger
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