Hubman Held in Los Angeles
A young man calling himself Ernest Pearse Freeman or Freedman, 26, was arrested in Los Angeles by Justice Department agents on multiple worthless checks passed in Boston. Freeman, found at the county hospital, wore a Canadian army officer’s uniform and may face charges for uniform violation. He had been a society figure in Southern California. Boston police had records of prior bad checks but no arrest then.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Boston
Ernest Pearse Freeman
Freedman
Department of Justice
Massachusetts
Christensen
Freeman
Army
Dominion
Pasadena
Santa Barbara
California
Vanderbilt jr becomes cub reporter at New York Herald
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., son of Brigadier General Cornelius Vanderbilt, leaves Newport social life to join the New York Herald as a cub reporter for 25 a week. He earned the job by writing to the city editor and says he admires newspapermen for their brightness and initiative.
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New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Newport
France
Sale of Navy launches and boats by auction
Navy yard sale offers about 916 vessels including power launches life boats cutters and whaleboats in storage at New York Norfolk Boston Portsmouth and Philadelphia. Auction set for September with schedules and full boat descriptions available through Navy Board of Survey and Supply Officer Annapolis and Philadelphia district offices.
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NAVY
Eastern Navy Yards
New York
Norfolk
Boston
Portsmouth
Board of Survey
Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Dickinson
Naval Academy
Annapolis
U. S. Naval Academy
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Belgians to Explain Economy to U.S. Chamber
A Belgian delegation led by Aloys Van DeVyvere and M. Janssens, invited by Edward A. Filene of the U S Chamber of Commerce, will depart for the United States in early September to explain the Belgian economic situation and financial needs.
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Brussels
Edward A. Filene
United States Chamber of Commerce
United States
Aloys van DeVyvere
M. Janssens
National Bank
Actors Vote to Strike Here on Labor Day
The strike is directed by the Managers' Producing Association in sympathy with the New York actors. The action takes place on Labor Day as actors vote to strike here.
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Managers’ Producing Association
New York
Actors’ Strike
Boston Actors Equity strike nears nationwide action
Francis Wilson arrived from New York to rally Boston actors and actresses as Hal Forde presided. The meeting urged a walkout with the Labor Day parade to support a nationwide theatre strike unless the Managers' Producing Association concedes on union recognition eight performances per week and pro rata pay for extra shows.
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Francis Wilson
Actors’ Equity Association
New York
Hal Forde
Boston
Arlington
Copley
Managers’ Producing Association
Wilson
Edward Smith
Shubert
Raymond Hitchcock
Donald Brian
Wallace Eddinger
Peggy Wood
Park Theatre
Selwyn & Co
Brian
Council of Five
Actors’ Equity
Testimony in Woods Equity Suit Over Breakfast in Bed Strike
Assistant Manager Martin Herman testified in New York about the uprising against the Breakfast in Bed company. He described a blocking order by Equity Association officers and the impact on box offices and theatre operations, plus the financial stakes of a potential strike.
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Woods Productions
Breakfast
Martin Herman
Alvard H. Woods
New York
Equity
Mr. Woods
Equity Association
Actors’ Guild
Herman
Gilmore
Hippodrome Strike Off After Management and Unions Meet
The New York Hippodrome strike ended after a meeting between Hippodrome management representatives and officials of Chorus Equity Association Actors Equity Association and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Motion Picture Operators. The theatre, once dark, shall resume performances as negotiations concluded.
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New York
New York Hippodrome
Hippodrome Management
Chorus Equity Association
Actors’ Equity Association
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
Medford Maturnity Hospital Reaches Five Year Milestone
Miss Nellie J. Henderson opened a maternity hospital in Medford to give babies a strong start. Over five years the hospital has welcomed 250 births and recorded no deaths under her administration.
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Miss Henderson
Post
Magoun Avenue
Medford
Nellie J. Henderson
Medford Hospital
Burglars Rob Connecticut Trolley Barn Office
Burglars assaulted cashier Charles Benson with a blackjack and stole about $1000 while he counted receipts at the Connecticut company’s trolley car barns in Bridgeport. The night’s early hours saw the heist unfold in the office, with Benson left unharmed.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Charles Benson
Connecticut Company
Plead Irish Cause Today
Advocates of the Irish Republic prepare for their first official recognition hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington. Prominent workers from across the country converge as a nationwide campaign has raised large sums for the Irish cause and accumulated evidence for recognition.
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Senate
Washington
Coun
Ireland
Today’s Events Schedule From 9 A.M. Onward
A series of today events includes a pontifical requiem mass for Archbishop Williams at Cathedral of the Holy Cross at 9 a.m. and a 12 p.m. flower show at Horticultural Hall. Readings list 1:30 p.m. gatherings for Societel Assumption union North Cambridge O H Field Day at Russell Field, Welcome home exercises for soldiers in Wilmington and a loving cup presentation to Commodore Conz aboard Conte di Cavour by Italian navy veterans. Also 1:30 p.m. picnickers for William E Carter Post at Spring Grove Wellesley, a 2 p.m. Charles River Basin swimming carnival, 6:30 p.m. General Edward Wardell guest at Beverly American Legion reunion and 7 p.m. F Company 10th Regiment State Guard reunion at Charlestown armory.
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Horticultural Hall
Societel’'Assumption
New Bedford
Russell Field
North Cambridge
Wilmington
Commodore Conz
William E. Carter
American Legion
Spring Grove
Wellesley
Charles River Basin
Clarence R. Edwards
Wardell Post
Beverly
10Th Regiment State Guard
Charlestown
Increase in Auto Fees Boosts State Revenue
Receipts from automobile registrations and licenses for eight months total $2,400,000, $250,000 more than all of 1918. The Highway Commission reports 164,000 pleasure car plates and 38,000 truck plates, up 22,000 and 5,000 respectively from last year. James W. Synan says 1920 will bring larger gains. 125 women and 20 men work now, with more to be added. The department will transfer to a state registrar of motor vehicles on December 1, freeing commission members to focus on roads.
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Highway Commission
Automobile Department
James W. Synan
The
Automobile Registration Department
Commission
Former Senator Marries Nurse in New York
Telegrams report the marriage of former U S Senator Nathan Goff of Clarksburg West Virginia to nurse Catherine Penny in New York last night. Goff is 79. Penny is under 40.
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Clarksburgh
W. Va
United States
Nathan Goff
Catherine Penny
New York
Negroes Said To Hide Arms In Lodges Burned
Eastman Ga Aug 29 reports from Cadwell say arms and ammunition were stored in one Negro lodge burned this week in Laurens county by white mobs after rumors of a planned uprising spread.
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Eastman
Laurens County
Cadwell
Slays Wife and Shoots Self in Providence Home
Patrick Shields a 70 year old gardener shot and fatally wounded his wife at their Waldo Street residence at 10 PM. He then killed himself after hearing police at the door. Mrs Shields died at Rhode Island Hospital. he died at 5 PM of a self inflicted gunshot wound.
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Providence
Patrick Shields
Waldo Street
Shields
Girl Starts All Trouble In Street Brawl Ends With Dismissal
Fourteen year old Webster Taylor clashed with Isabel Jones on Bradford Street. Edward Duvon, known as Ed, struck Taylor with a flat hand and Taylor fell from his bicycle. Duvon was arrested for assault and battery, but the charge was dismissed after testimony in Central Court.
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Webster Taylor
Bradford Street
Isabel Jones
Webster
Edward Duvon
Dutow
Central Court
Mr. Copp
Ty Dubow
Dubow
Holdup Suspects Prove Innocence In Roxbury Case
Two suspects under police watch after the Fidelity Trust Company messenger holdup in Roxbury were released after hours of questioning. Police stated they are confident the remaining three bandits did not escape the city and expect arrests imminently.
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Roxbury
Fidelity Trust Company
Dudley Street
South End
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Mutt
E. A. Filene
Hippodrome
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Cathedral of the Holy Cross
W. J. Spinney
Faneuil Hall Square
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Victor Records
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Bagdad
Peter Gink
Daddy
Fox
Alabama
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Brother Jones
Sophie Braslau
Enrico Caruso
Emilio de Gogorza
Amelita Galli
Curci
Jascha Heifetz
Louise Homer
Fritz Kreisler
John McCormack
Philadelphia Orchestra
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Reinald Werrenrath
Olive Kline
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Brown Brothers
Pietro
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Lillian Rosedale
Charles Hart
Elliott Shaw
Ralph Bingham
John Steel
Irving
Jack Kaufman
Elizabeth Spencer
Henry Burr
Lewis James
Shannon
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Arthur Fields
Ed Smalle
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