Congress Opens Third Session Amid Mourning and Change
Washington December opening marks solemn start as Senate and House finish routine business in 24 minutes and adjourn to honor Vice President Sherman and absent lawmakers. Senators face looming shift of control to the Democrats amid vacancy gloom and bereavement.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Sherman
Heyburn
Idaho
Raynor
Maryland
Lame duck Republicans mingle as Cullom Curtis depart
Senators Shelby M. Cullom Charles Curtis and others wandered about greeting colleagues but the mood was subdued. Uncle Ike Stephenson of Wisconsin drew more attention, his long beard trimmed to a French point after a vacation.
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Shelby M. Cullom
Illinois
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Ike Stephenson
Wisconsin
Curtis Mayor of Portland wins third term
Curtis Oakley C., Democrat, elected Mayor of Portland, Maine, for the third consecutive time by a plurality of 1 473 over Republican Frederick E. Boothby. Vote totals show Curtis 2 008, Boothby 3 535, with six candidates in the field including McGlauflin 809, Barker 152, Seeley 49, Goudy 91. Progressive vote last Nov. 5 was 3 305.
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Oakley C. Curtis
Frederick E. Boothby
Curtis
Boothby
McGlauflin
Barker
Seeley
Pension agent to mail checks before closing Boston office
Preparatory to closing the United States pension agency at Boston on January 31 Captain Augustus J Hoitt, agent in charge, will begin last pension payments through the local office tomorrow. Checks issued under new regulations dispense with old vouchers. government will not cash the pensioner’s check until indorsed by two witnesses to verify identity.
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United States Pension Agency
Boston
Augustus J. Hoitt
Brick Wall Collapse Injures Roxbury Worker John Fitzpatrick
John Fitzpatrick aged 42, of Ter race street Roxbury, sustained severe head and chest injuries when a brick wall he was building at the McCormack brewing plant in Roxbury collapsed burying him in sand and brick about 11 yesterday morning.
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John Fitzpatrick
Terrace Street
Roxbury
McCormack Brewing
Belmont buys off Harriman merger illegal new bride of son
The Supreme Court ruling likens a single road’s purchase of rival stock to monopolistic merging, condemning combinations that unduly restrict interstate competition. The decision cites the Northern Securities case and notes that 46 percent ownership can grant control. In New York, press reports say August Belmont paid $50,000 to Ethelhoraine Belmont, the chorus girl wife of his son Raymond, to leave her husband.
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New York
August Belmont
Ethelhoraine Belmont
Raymond
Deluxe book swindle swells to giant nationwide scheme
Federal authorities uncover a colossal scam that has bilked hundreds of prominent Americans, mostly women, of roughly 15 million dollars. The operation targeted wealthy widows with bogus editions of deluxe books, often threatening exposure to coerce payments. Victims in Boston and New England alone totaled over three million dollars as the scheme grew.
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Justice Day Declares Pacific Merger Void
Associate Justice W. Mr. Day delivered the opinion voiding the Pacific merger. Copyright by Clinedinst, Wash., D.C.
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Preme Court
Supreme Court halts Harriman merger as violation of Sherman Act
The Supreme Court ruled the Union Pacific purchase of 46 percent of Southern Pacific violated the Sherman anti trust law. The decision, unanimous by Justice Day, reversed Justice Van Devanter’s earlier stance that the railroads were not competitors, and warned that even if the law cannot enforce competition, it can reach combinations that thwart it.
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Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Southern Pacific Railway System
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Day
Justice van Devanter
Utah
Courts rule two rival railroads violate law by stock control
The court rejects Justice Vandevanter’s view and adopts Judge Hook’s minority stance that buying a competing road’s control stock violates the law, akin to the Northern Securities case. It orders the Utah circuit to supervise separation after hearings and, if needed, appoint a receiver to sell the stock. Continued on Page 14-7th Column.
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Sanborn
Adams
Hook
Northern Securities
Harriman
Circuit Court For
District of Utah
Leaps 10 Her Death With Boys Rockland Tragedy
In Rockland Maine on December 2 Mrs. Austin Elwell of Cushing killed her two young sons and herself by jumping with them into a disused limestone quarry about 400 feet deep filled with water. Police believe family troubles prompted the act. Mrs. Elwell aged 23 and her sons were 5 and 4.
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Rockland
Austin Elwell
Cushing
Tragedy at Quarry Ends in Suspected Double Suicide
No witnesses. the Elwell family fled to a quarry edge where outer garments and folded clothing with TI W Elwell and A E Elwell on the toques were found. Mrs Elwell, a maid, had returned with her two children from a hotel stay and was later seen entering the quarry area before disappearing with the children. Local uncle Walter Allen identified the garments. investigators conclude the woman likely jumped with the boys to death.
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TI. W. Elwell
A. E. Elwell
Walter Allen
Child Should Not Be Too Serious Says Chicago Superintendent
Mrs Ella Flagg Young, superintendent of Chicago public schools, on a two day inspection tour, says the child should not take life too seriously but enjoy vocational classes. She emphasizes seriousness from teachers and officials, urging children to view life as a privilege not a burden.
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Ella Flagg Young
Chicago
Belmont Suit Seen Behind Elopement Split
Details allege a Gosford apartment elopement split up a father and son pair. The bride boarded a West Fifty fifth Street car with trunks. a young man not her husband accompanied her. Belmont senior reportedly paid $50,000 plus earlier $10,000 to end the relationship, and a claimed $900 monthly allowance was part of a signed agreement.
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Gosford
West Fifty Fifth Street
Morgan Belmont
Babylon
I.I
Belmont
August Belmont
Lfe
Absolute Divorce for Mrs Belle Beach Bain
Mrs Belle Beach Bain, famed horse rider and instructor, was granted a final absolute divorce from William Bain an Englishman after bringing suit in Newport on June and was allowed to resume her maiden name by Judge Balyr who signed the decree granting the divorce.
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R. J
Belle Beach Bain
William Bain
Balyr
Progressives Withhold Action in City Election
James P. Magenis, chairman of the Progressive city committee, told the Post last night the Progressive party will take no action in the upcoming city election.
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James P. Magenis
Progressive City Committee
Progressive Party
Towns in Row Over Territory
Seven Foxboro families totaling 12 children petition the Legislature to annex their Foxboro strip to Walpole. Walpole favors. Foxboro demands compensation. The families, who shop, work and attend church in Walpole, would shift tax and service ties if the land transfer proceeds. Foxboro officials weigh options as the amiteure alms property tax issue underlines the dispute.
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Yoxboro
Fred W. Grant
Harry Jones
Carrie Luther
William KE. Williams
James H. Darling
Bernard Quinn
William Morrissey
Robert B. Carpenter
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Foxboro Almshouse
Astronomical Calendar Notes and Obituaries
Foray Portland 12m Gloucester 30m Newport 3h 44m earlier. Moon 33.33 percent. Day 9h 16m long. Venus sets 6:48 p m Mars rises 6:14 a m Jupiter sets 4:59 p m. 18 business days before Christmas. Today’s anniversaries Mrs Mary Baker Eddy 1910. Chetetian Martin Lomasney born 1859. Pope Gregory XVI edict 1839. General George B K McClellan born 1818.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Science
Martin Lomasney
Ward 8
Gregory XVI
George KB. McClellan
Local Transport Ad Offers Daily California Service
An old notice advertises a daily service to California with Sunday exclusion. Berth pricing listed as nine dollars. Route details mention Svington Bunset and a milk and route notation, indicating transport by sea or rail with specialty stops.
Beaton Area Weather Outlook Turns Cold Then Warmer
Fair and colder conditions expected in Beaton and vicinity Tuesday with moderate westerly winds, followed by Wednesday turning fair and warmer in the afternoon. In Washington, New England forecasts show fair and colder Tuesday with Wednesday fair and moderate west and northwest winds.
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Beaton
Washington
New England
Rich Jurors to Bid at Sickles Sale
New York dispatch reports a portion of the wealthy sheriffs jury voted $1000 to be expended judiciously at the Wednesday sale of General Daniel Sickles personal effects. Vincent Astor Cornelius Vanderbilt and George Ehret were among absent jurors, with expected totals likely to approach seven hundred dollars.
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New York
Sheriffs Jury
Daniel BE. Sickles
Vincent Astor
Cornelius Vanderbilt
George Ehret
Militaire
Seveger
Deluxe Victims in New England
A list of named individuals across New England with varied monetary awards. Florence Sanborn Brookline and Pauline Durant Wellesley are among those cited for payments, with sums ranging from 30 000 to 300 000 dollars. Names include Eliot C. Lee Boston St. Johnsbury Vermont Sophia Curtis Great Barrington and others in Maine New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
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Florence Sanborn
Brookline
Demosthenes Timagenis
Boston
Eliot C. Lee
Boston postal probing deluxe book fraud swindle grows
After a day of investigation Boston postal officials said the deluxe book fraud could reach over 15 million dollars making it the largest illegal enterprise in the country. Investigators found many victims were elderly women and that several victimized individuals are named in records. Local contributions from New England have totaled over 1.145 million dollars with 400000 already traced in state payments.
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Boston
Prominent Book Firm Swindle Suspects Named
Postal officials say suave agents of the Anglo American Authors Association gained entry to homes with letters of introduction from a respected book firm. They targeted victims including Mrs Florence Sanborn of Brookline and Pasadena, widow of Charles Sanborn of Chase & Sanborn, losing about 20000 dollars.
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Florence Sanborn
Brookline
Pasadena
Cal
Charles Sanborn
Chase & Sanborn Company
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