Ca n ann ual ASQUITH QUITS AND CABINET COLLAPSES Near CONGRESSMEN ASKED TO VOTE FOR EMBARGO
Rapid progress reported in federal state and municipal probes into high food costs. Attwill hears witnesses on cold storage abuses. McCall to name a five member commission to study the living cost problem. Boston health dept seeks data for possible prosecutions of food speculators. In London the coalition cabinet falls and Lloyd George is expected to become premier.
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Henry C. Attwill
McCall
Health Department of
Boston
London
Britain
A. Bonar Law
Lloyd George
Fall River Dry Vote Margin After Eight Years License Shift
In Fall River the dry vote led by a remarkable margin ends an eight year dry era. Haverhill Leominster and Taunton switch from wet to dry while license votes elsewhere show sharp reductions. Community momentum favors prohibition with several cities cutting licenses significantly.
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Fall River
Haverhill
Leominster
Taunton
Day Votes Cheered At Tabernacle Meeting
Eleven day of trail hitting at Tabernacle yesterday afternoon and evening drew crowds as Governor M Call served as chief speaker alongside Judge Hale of the U S Court. Comparative figures show trial hitters in other cities vs Boston for Sunday campaigns.
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Tabernacle
Boston
Ashley Wins Eighth Teen Term as New Bedford Mayor
The no license forces secured sweeping wins in Massachusetts cities including Fall River Haverhill Taunton and Leominster shifting to dry status. New Bedford remained wet though the margin shrank from 3239 last year to 496 this year.
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Massachusetts
Fall River
Haverhill
Taunton
Leominster
Gloucester
New Bedford
Mayor Curley to assign counsel on anti collusion case
The mayor directed the corporation counsel to assign a department attorney to work with Health Commissioner Mahoney and cooperate with the attorney general and local law department. They will present evidence suggesting collusion, combination or conspiracy wherever possible.
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Curley
Corporation Counsel
Mahoney
Local Law Department
Bryan May Be Peace Envoy
Reports in Washington say William Jennings Bryan may be sent to Europe as a peace advocate by President Wilson. Bryan is to dine with the President at the White House tomorrow, and officials expect a decision after that meeting.
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Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Europe
Wilson
White House
Bryan
West
Man in Jail Takes Own Life Before Trial
Sa bino Tannacone aged 82 of 424 Commercial street killed himself in a Charles street jail cell. Found at 6 10 by Officers Barrett and Maloney in cell No 36 murderers row. A towel was tied from his throat to a cell window bar. He faced trial for killing his brother in law.
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Sabino Tannacone
Commercial Street
Charles Street
Barrett
Maloney
Tannacone
Resignation Sparks British Cabinet Shakeup
Lloyd George tendered his resignation as war minister and Asquith, unable to proceed, also offered his resignation to King George. The king summoned Bonar Law to form a new cabinet, but Law’s decision remains unannounced.
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K. H. Asquith
David Lloyd George
Andrew Bonar Law
Lloyd George
Asquith
King George
Bonar Law
Beating of Children Over Praying At Watertown Church
In Waltham District Court Mrs. Albert Strass of Watertown testified that her husband refused support because they attended church and prayed regularly. She said he threatened divorce if the family continued church activities. the children recently joined Watertown Baptist Church Sunday school and prayed at night, leading to beatings. Judge Abbott adjourned the case to January 4 and told Strass to reconcile with his wife.
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Waltham District
Albert Strass
Watertown
President Wilson Address Jumped by Suffrage Militant Gallery Act
President Wilson's congressional address was interrupted by a woman suffrage demonstration in the galleries, marking the first real organized militancy at the Capitol. The scene also included a large bipartisan congratulatory display for his reelection. He reviewed railroad legislation, a corrupt practices act, and proposals for broader government for Puerto Rico.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Capitol
Hall of the House
Porto Rico
Dig Up Bunker Hill Records Found in Connecticut Chest
Louis Gill uncovered a plaster chest six feet underground on his Jewett City property. Inside were Bunker Hill records signed by Joseph Warren, a book on Gospel Unity, two old book covers dated 1700 and 1730, a 1728 coin, a Revolutionary pistol, three pieces of Indian wampum, and a pen and ink map of the buried land plot.
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Jewett City
Conn
Louis Gill
Bunker Hill
Joseph Warren
Banner Drops Question to Wilson on Woman Suffrage
A silk suffrage banner descends from a gallery over a Senate gallery as woman suffrage leaders loom above lawmakers. The banner reads in black letters a question to President Wilson asking what he will do for woman suffrage. The dramatic interruption halts a speech arguing that current laws unfairly govern the island and its people.
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President Wilson
Governor McCall Attends Billy Sunday Tabernacle Event
Governor McCall was the guest of honor at the Billy Sunday Tabernacle last night before a 16 000 strong crowd. The evangelist and governor received roaring ovations as Rody announced Haverhill and Fall River had gone dry and led a no license demonstration.
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McCall
Billy Sunday Tabernacle
Rody
Haverhill
Fall River
Reverend Clarence Strons Pond Seeks Constitutional Delegate Seat
Beverly minister Rev Clarence Strons Pond of Second Baptist Church announces his candidacy for election as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention from the Beverly Manchester and Essex district. He is identified as a Republican.
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Beverly
Clarence Strons Pond
Second Baptist Church
Manchester
Essex
Pond
Forecast for Boston and vicinity this week
Weather bulletin for southern and northern New England. Wednesday unsettled with rain then clearing and falling temperatures. Thursday fair and colder. Westerly winds. Northern New England to have rain Wednesday then fair and colder on Thursday. Dec 5.
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Boston
Washington
New England
New Feneland
Haverhill Votes Dry to Cheerful Crowd
A speech begins with remarks on readings before a crowd. Haverhill voted dry today. The audience cheers and waves handkerchiefs as the moment unfolds, then the speaker calls for silence and shifts to a sober tone.
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Haverhill
Licensing Board Tackles Graft Probe
Discovery of an alleged attempt by two men to obtain money from a prospective liquor license applicant because of influence with Boston Licensing Board members spurred commissioners to act. The move aims to curb such practices for some time.
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Boston Licensing Board
Licensing Board Probes Charlestown License Affair
Report says two Bay State Street Railway Company employees were connected to an influence scheme regarding a Charlestown license application. The board investigated after hearing claims of payments to men posing as influential figures. Officials of the railway started their own inquiry and one employee’s discharge was rumored but not confirmed.
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Bay State Street Railway Company
Charlestown
Street Railway Company
Licensing Board
Grand Jury Report On Therek Embezzlement Case
The United States grand jury reports on Edward Therek indicted for embezzling 21000 from National Shawmut Bank. It also reports on his wife charged with aiding and abetting. Mrs Therek is free on 3000 bail, Edward Therek jailed in East Cambridge for 20000 bail default.
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United States
Grand Jury
Edward Therek
National Shawmut Bank
Therek
Dry forces sweep Fall River and nearby cities in license vote
The no license movement gains by Billy Sunday’s sermons and church campaigns. Fall River votes dry by 1869 to 1409 after a long fight, aided by Watch and Ward and clergy. New Bedford narrows the gap, Haverhill shifts with Mayor Bartlett’s defeat, and Ashley wins the mayoralty amid Catholic tensions and Leyden disturbances.
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Billy
Fall River
New Bedford
Watch and Ward Society
Charles S. Ashley
Hathway
Ashley
Haverhill
Albert L. Bartlett
Bartlett
Leslie K. Morse
Thomas Leyden
Palermo Torpedoed Near Spanish Coast
The Italian steamship Palermo carrying 25 Americans was torpedoed off the Spanish coast, according to Madrid dispatches via Paris dated December 5.
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Madrid
Paris
Palermo
Sailor Dies in Spanish Hospital After Shell Wound
One sailor, said to be American, was wounded by a shell and died in a Palafrugell hospital after survivors were landed. Three others were seriously wounded by the torpedo. The Palermo, 203 tons gross, sailed from New York on Navy 15 for Genoa and Spezia.
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Palafrugell
Spain
Palermo
New York
Navy
Genoa
Spezia
Wax Back To Face Women In New York
Charles H. Wax arrives in New York in custody to confront several women who accuse a man matching his description of using aliases to court and swindle them in a $250,000 breach of promise suit involving James W. Osborne. Authorities say Wax admitted being the sought Oliver Osborne.
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Charles H. Wax
Oliver’’ Osborne
James W. Osborne
Chicago
United States
Postoffice
William G. Swain
Wax
Oliver Osborne
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