Keefe Named Commissioner General of Immigration
President Roosevelt announces Daniel J. Keefe of Detroit head of the Longshoremen's Union and former AFL official as Commissioner General of Immigration, succeeding the late Frank P. Sargent, as rewards to Taft and Sherman supporters.
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Keefe’s switch shocks labor vote in Taft push
Keefe joined a conference with Morrissey and Stone urging union support for Taft and Roosevelt. He denied any promised office and said he remains a Republican by principle, despite reports he would receive the Sargent vacancy.
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Indoor championship leads Irish American A C to win point score
Irish American Athletic Club wins the point score in the indoor championship meet. Boston Americans plan fewer spring training games. Entries press for Worcester 200 mile contest. Longboat meets Dorando in New York on December 15. Elmer Collins and Hugh MacLean set up next Saturday night race. Carlisle Indian captaincy goes to Little Boy. Andover begins basketball practice. Harvard Yale football balance improves with season starts.
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Merrill Put Under Arrest
Winthrop M. Merrill a lawyer and financier was arrested yesterday afternoon on a warrant by Inspectors Wolf and Laughlin charging him with larceny on two counts of 1600 from Dominick Jarrick of 2 Ordway Place Boston. Merrill is son of Moody Merrill once a mayoral candidate who disappeared and died amid a financial cloud.
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Merrill Arrest Linked to Mortgage Case In Arlington
Winthrop M Merrill 45 of 71 Gainsboro Street was arrested after a warrant served at police headquarters. He allegedly aided Jarridi a boot Black in researching a house title in Arlington and discovering a $1000 mortgage the owner did not disclose. Jarridi says Merrill claimed interest on the mortgage totaling about 175, then placed the matter with an attorney. Merrill is well known socially and militarily, with a Wimbledon cup honor and extensive travel. The case will be argued in court today.
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Lay Arrest to Politics Shake in Salem
Salem reports Alderman George Lincoln Allen a city father for eight years and noted clubman was arrested on larceny charges. Attorney Fred L. Hewitt represents creditors of James A. Fairfield who went bankrupt last April alleging Allen misappropriated $100 and filed false entries in the company books where he served as bookkeeper. Allen is seen as a potential higher office candidate and is nephew of ex mayor Joseph N. Peterson.
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Fred L. Hewitt
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Forecast for Boston and vicinity turns colder this week
Weather forecast notes fair and colder conditions for Boston and vicinity Wednesday and Thursday with westerly winds. Washington dispatch says New England will be fair on Wednesday and Thursday with decidedly colder temperatures and fresh west winds.
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Weather Summary Missing Context
The text provides average temperatures for yesterday and the previous year with values 59 and 26 degrees. Specific location or date details are unclear.
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Rebels Nearing Capital Attack Planned at Jacmel
Port au Prince Dec 1 Reuters reports the revolutionaries and government troops near the capital may delay battle for days. General Antoine Simon, commander of the rebels, plans to strike Jacmel 30 miles southwest, the only southern town still loyal.
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Haitian Crisis Deepens as government falls apart
In Port au Prince, Louis Borno resigns and seeks asylum at the German legation. Three ministers remain in office as General Simon advances, with U S and allied ships arriving to back foreign residents. The president vows to defend the palace amid a looming uprising.
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December 1 Warmest Dec 1 in Weather Bureau History
The city enjoyed an unseasonably warm December 1 with a 1:30 pm reading of 67 degrees. Only two prior December days, in 1899 and 1881, reached near that warmth, after which a sharp fall by midnight brought the temperature down to 36 as a cold snap approached.
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Ambassadorship Rumor Reaches President Eliot
President Eliot says he has heard only the Washington Post report linking him to the Whitelaw Reid ambassadorship and dismisses the matter as newspaper talk. He offered no confirmation beyond the Post’s account.
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Tragedy Ties Actress to Planned Death Pact
New York reports that the suicide of playwright actress Eleanor Merron Cowper at the St. Regis Hotel and her death at Presbyterian Hospital were the result of a planned death compact with actor James H. Wallick who killed himself last April.
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Actor Wallick Ends Life After Planning with Cowper
The note describes stoic remarks on death by a woman identified as Mrs Cowper and the dramatic figure Wallick whose real name was Patrick J. Fubbins. Once Wallack in stage names after an injunction, he altered to Wallack. They discussed suicide and planned to end their lives together, parting in late April before he traveled to Middletown to carry out the act.
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Private farewell letter outlines plan for cremation
A Portland native writes from the Hotel St. Regis to Judge Herbert B. Royce outlining her wish to die by self-chosen cremation in New York. She refuses embalming, seeks quick disposal, and requests direct placement of ashes in the ground with no memorial services. Her tone questions religion and hints at political timing.
Tariff Hearings Highlight Cotton Manufacturers as Key Witnesses
In Washington today cotton manufacturers testified before the Ways and Means Committee. They urged removing customs duties from partisan politics and treating tariffs as a business proposition rather than a partisan commission.
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Ways and Means
Yale Man In Death By Own Action At West Rock
John Alan White 20, of Walton New York, a Yale Graduate School student, died after leaping 400 feet from West Rock. A letter found in his room to his father indicates he planned the act.
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Seven Cities Vote Liquor Licenses In Municipal Elections
New Bedford Marlboro and Northampton voted dry or wet in seven cities as they granted liquor licenses. Quincy and Waltham rejected licenses with larger margins, Pittsfield supported licenses but by a smaller majority.
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New Bedford Votes Dry After Long License Battle
New Bedford led by a 1384 vote margin against a license, reversing last year’s narrow yes. The city’s campaign drew corruption accusations and constant agitation. Fitchburg switched mayors with M Frederick OConnell. Quincy reelected Mayor Shea over Eugene Stone, and Marlboro stayed wet for 17 years while turning a yes into a no by 300 votes.
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Parsons
Marlboro
New Bedford Votes No-License in Historic City Election
New Bedford voters backed no license by 184 vote margin in the first such citywide outcome since the local option law. Mayor William J. Bullock, Citizens party nominee, reelected over John Spare of the People’s party as clergy from all denominations joined the anti-license campaign. Over 10 000 turnout marks an unprecedented mayoral vote. 74 licensed saloons remain and city revenue may fall about 80000 dollars.
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James B Connolly Recalls Battlefleet Cruise Talk
South Boston author James B Connolly spoke at the Young Men's Catholic Association on his voyage with the American fleet from Hampton Roads to San Francisco. He described his interview with President Roosevelt aboard the Mayflower at Provincetown, offering vivid reminiscences of naval travel.
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Roosevelt jokes about sending fleet around the world
Mr Connolly recalls a light moment with President Roosevelt about sending the fleet around to foreign waters. He cites plans to test Japan's bluff and warns of an eventual war, predicting it will be the biggest fight the world has seen.
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Three Bank Robbers Blow Open First National in Pepperell
Three professional thieves forced entry at 2 AM into the First National Bank in Pepperell, escaping in an auto with a large cash haul. Ernest Tarbell, awakened by the blast, fired on the fleeing car as police canvassed nearby towns for clues. the loss is estimated in the many thousands with no suspect capture yet.
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Turbulent West End meeting on Charlesbank playground
A Wells schoolhouse gathering on Blossom street drew men women and children clashing with School Board Chair Storrow and Schoolhouse Commission Chair Sturgis over converting part of Charlesbank playground to school use. The Rev Christopher Eliot of the West End Improvement Association adjourned amid rowdy scenes.
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Commission backs partial Charlesbank site for new school
A city commission lectured with stereopticon views on schoolhouse conditions and favored using part of the Charlesbank playground for a new school. West End taxpayers objected, claiming the city would take away a long maintained recreation space.
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Cars Crash in Brookline Village injures narrowly
A Reservoir-Brookline Village car and a Roxbury Crossing car collided at the Washington and Boylston streets junction in Brookline Village. The Reservoir car front vestibule was badly wrecked, but Motorman James Kently escaped unharmed.
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Boylston Streets
James Kently
Four Die in Vienna Jubilee Stampede
In Vienna on December 1 a diamond jubilee celebration for Emperor Francis Joseph left four dead and over 100 injured as about 1.5 million people filled the streets. A panic erupted in front of the Hofburg with crowds converging from three directions, trampling men women and children.
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Unprecedented crowds cause fatal crushes in city jubilation
Fatalities occurred as crowds overwhelmed during day of rejoicing. Parliamentary Deputy Holzl and an unnamed woman were crushed to death. The Emperor mourned the tragedy while authorities halted traffic after sunset amid glare from search lights and bengal lights from tall towers.
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Against Ticket Speculators
New York December to day the Board of Aldermen passes ordinances banning ticket speculators on streets in front of theatres and ending sale of theatre tickets in hotels and agencies except in theatre offices. Penalty includes fines from ten to fifty dollars or imprisonment for days.
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