Opera Season Doubt in Boston Amid War Info
The Boston Opera season fate remains unclear as Swiss reports claim director Henry Russell called it off, while Boston Opera House head Charles Tukey says no notification has been received. Meantime a fatal lamp explosion gutted a Dedham bungalow, threatening five children and an invalid sister in law. Mrs Lannigan heroically safeguarded her family and neighbors as the fire spread. Mayor Curley seeks state investigators into Edison contract lighting after council rejection.
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Boston
Switzerland
Henry Russell
Boston Opera Company
Charles F. Tukey
Boston Opera House
Russell
Arthur Lannigan
Thomas Street
East Dedham
Annie Nutter
Lannigan
Mrs. Lannigan
Francesco Luizza Arrested in Titone Murder Case
Francesco Luizza, 19, wanted for the July 2 Titone murder in Framingham, was nabbed in Brooklyn by Patrolman Frank K. Merritt. Authorities say the killing followed a money dispute.
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Framingham
Francesco Luizza
Tietro Titone
Brooklyn
NX. Y
Frank K. Merritt
Luizza
Titone
Body on stairs linked to Danvers man Benjamin Masterson
The young man found at the base of stone steps into a basement at 4 Shawmut avenue yesterday morning is thought to be Benjamin J. Masterson. A letter in his pocket from St. John’s Preparatory School Danvers Mass notes prior employment, though the school says he was let go about a year ago.
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Shawmut Avenue
City Hospital
Leary
Benjamin J. Masterson
St. John's Preparatory School
Danvers
Mass
Curley proposes city governance system to save millions
Mayor Curley told Mayor Mitchel of New York yesterday he supports a standard system for running great cities that could save about $1,000,000 annually. He replied to Mitchel’s letter and backed a mayors conference in San Francisco in 1915.
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Mitchel
New York
Mayors’ Conference
San Francisco
Little Girl Killed by Automobile in Chelsea
Five year old Etta Kaplin of 59 Auburn street Chelsea was fatally struck on Sumner street Quincy by a car owned and operated by Nathan Sternberg of 119 Quincy street Quincy. Sternberg is charged with manslaughter and bailed for 3000. Police dispute Sternberg account claiming the girl walked along the sidewalk when the crash occurred and the car struck her near the curb.
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Etta Kaplin
Auburn Street
Chelsea
Sumner Street
Quincy
Nathan Sternberg
Quincy Street
Sternberg
John Berman
W. J. Middleton
Summer Street
Kaplin
Hearings on Shipping Bill Move Ahead in Congress
Washington watchers report arrangements for hearings on the administration bill to authorize a government controlled shipping company for foreign trade. House Merchant Marine Chairman Alexander says the committee will meet Thursday with invitations to all interested. Senate Commerce Chair Clarke plans to introduce the measure in the Senate soon.
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Washington
Alexander
House Merchant Marine Committee
Clarke
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
House
Husband and daughter rescue sick wife in Lynn fire
A cottage at 111 Flint Street Lynn caught fire in the early morning. Frank Kaufman and his 14 year old daughter Sadie carried the sick woman and her infant to safety and then saved six trapped children as embers fell. Damage reached $100 before firefighters contained the blaze.
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Sire
Flint Street
Lynn
Frank Kaufman
Sadie
Unidentified man found dead near Chestnut Hill reservoir
Brighton police and Boston Lodge of Elks seek to identify a well dressed man found yesterday afternoon at the Commonswealth and Chestnut Hill avenues junction by a bullet wound to the temple with a revolver nearby. His ring, cuff links, and scarfpin feature diamonds and a ruby, and an elk tooth charm is on his watch chain.
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Boston Lodge of Elks
Commonwealth
Chestnut Hill Avenues
Chestnut Hill Reservoir
Condemn High Cost Boosting Resolutions Adopted
The Boston Central Labor Union executive board passed resolutions condemning price rises on essential foods. They urged President Wilson and Congress to pass laws to stop extortions, arguing flour and other necessities are beyond workers' means and could cause widespread starvation.
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Boston Central Labor Union
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Congress
Cardinal Farley Reaches Rome with American Prelates
Cardinal Farley of New York and his suite arrived in Rome from Switzerland. He was met at the railway station by Mgr. Fisher of Philadelphia and other American prelates in the royal waiting room prepared for them.
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Rome
Cardinal Farley
New York
Switzerland
Mgr. Fisher
Philadelphia
Cardinals Arrive in Rome for Conclave Attendance
Cardinal Bettinger archbishop of Munich and Cardinal Prisco arrive in Rome. Prisco informs Camerlingo Della Volpe he cannot participate due to health. Farley recalls meeting Della Volpe 26 years ago during the 1903 conclave. McCloskey and Farley later paid homage to Pope Leo.
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Cardinal Bettinger
Munich
Cardinal Prisco
Cardinal Della Volpe
Camerlingo
Cardinal Farley
Cardinal McCloskey
Rome
Leo
Father Farley
Pope Leo
Comerlingo
House Votes 21 Daily Deductions for Absentees
The House, by a Democratic led motion, will deduct 21 daily from members pay for all time absent except illness. Leaves canceled as 19 members are away from Washington from Maine to California. Republicans call it discrimination against Northern members on primary campaigns and business has paused for quorum gaps.
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Washington
Underwood
House
Maine
California
Foreign warships seen off Pacific coast near Oregon
Marshfield Oregon August 25 reports say four warships patrol the sea near Cape Blanco. The German cruiser Leipzig the Japanese cruiser Idzumo which left San Francisco recently the English vessel seen off Coos Bay and Bando last week and another craft believed to be the German cruiser Nurnberg are cited as the ships in the area.
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Marshfield
Oregon
Cape Blanco
Leipzig
Idzumo
San Francisco
Coos Bay
Bando
Nurnberg
Wealthy Americans Hire Norwegian Steamer to Boston
One hundred fifty affluent Americans from Boston and New England charter a Norwegian steamer, the Hakon Vil, to return home from Norway. The vessel, formerly serving Bergin to Copenhagen, recently sailed from Shields to Bergin and will depart for Boston around Sept. 15 after a England trip. A separate note reports Quincy hornets causing a stir by stinging passersby after their residence burned.
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New England
Norway
Nakon Vil
Bergin
Copenhagen
Denmark
Hakon Vil
England
Shields
Eng
Forestry Department
Quincy
Elm Street
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