Botsford Historian Dies at Columbia University
George Willis Botsford prominent historian dies suddenly in his University of Columbia office. He taught Greek and Roman history at Harvard from 1895 to 1901 and later served as Columbia professor. Born in West Des Moines Iowa, he was 55 and a Nebraska graduate.
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New York
George Willis Botsford
Columbia University
Harvard
Columbia
Botsford
West Gainton
Iowa
University of Nebraska
Enforcing Gotham 1 A. M. Closing Edict
Warrants issued against restaurant owners managers and waiters in New York s white light district for violating Mayor Mitchel s 1 a m closing edict based on affidavits from detectives who swore they served drinks after 1 o clock.
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New York
White Light
Mitchel
Life at New York Boarding School Described in Trial
Superior Court heard witnesses describe life at a select New York boarding school for young ladies in the case of Miss Frances E. Deverell v Frederick J. Stark. The suit seeks 450 dollars for Natalie Stark’s tuition board and lodging during fall and winter 1915 1916.
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New York
Frances E. Deverell
Frederick J. Stark
Savin Hill
Natalie Stark
School case details alleged abuse at French academy
Miss Stark testifies at trial about conditions at a French school run by Miss Deverell describing poor bathing facilities and limited meals. Mrs Stark and Miss Deverell offer contrasting accounts about food quality and French atmosphere while noting catalogue errors and staff qualifications. Trial resumes next morning.
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Miss Stark
Mme. Papineau
Sorbonne
Berlin
Visiting nurse program aids Roxbury infants
St. Joseph's parish under Mgr Splaine operates a visiting nurse service led by Miss Mary H Woodbury RN. In the past year 1430 visits supported mothers and newborns, with care extending through convalescence and early infant life. The program complements District Nurses and gains diocesan interest.
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Mgr. M. J. Splaine
St. Joseph’s Parish
Roxbury
Mary H. Woodbury
R. N
St. Joseph’s
District Nursing Association
The
Carney Hospital
Boston
Mer. Splaine
District Nurses’ Association
Pelletier Denounces Watch and Ward Men
A petition for impeachment of District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier was filed with the Supreme Judicial Court by Watch and Ward Society leaders. The document accuses him of neglecting duties and aiding bondsmen, while Pelletier cites past Senate actions and decries opponents as political tools ahead of a mayoral contest.
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Joseph C. Pelletier
Supreme Judicial Court
Frederick B. Allen
Watch and Ward Society
Godfrey L. Cabot
Tremont Temple
Pelletier
Senate
K. Jellstrom
Birth Control League
Allen
Curley
Curley Rally Backed By District Attorney At Tremont Temple
District Attorney Pelletier denounces actions of the State Finance and Civil Service Commissions at a Tremont Temple rally in support of James M. Curley for mayor. He accuses boards of bias against Boston voters and argues against using courts for political ends.
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Pelletier
Civil Service Board
MelIsaac
Tremont Temple
James M. Curley
Boston
State Finance Commission
Civil Service Commission
Sugar Ration Cut May Be Recommended For Households
Washington announces a proposed kitchen card from the food administration prescribing a three pound per person monthly sugar allowance, a porkless day, and one wheatless and meatless meal daily. It urges universal adherence to reduced sugar use, warns against hoarding, and explains the world food situation and America’s duty to aid the Allies on the card’s reverse side.
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Washington
Food Administration
United States
America
Beakes Wins Michigan District Seat After House Contested
The House awarded the Second Michigan district seat to Democrat S. W. Beakes, replacing Republican Mark R. Bacon. Final returns showed Beakes ahead but contest over alleged irregularities prompted House consideration and a formal contest.
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Washington
House Today
Michigan
Mark R. Bacon
S. W. Beakes
Beakes
House
War rate talk from Massachusetts transport chief
George L. Graham, chairman of the Massachusetts Associated Industries transportation council, and traffic manager of the Woolen Manufacturers' Association, testified before Examiner La Roe at the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing yesterday in the Federal Building.
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George L. Graham
Transportation Council
Associated Industries of
Massachusetts
Woolen Manufacturers’ Association
la Roe
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Building
Textile mill city tour urged for rail rate hearings
Mr. Graham urged temporary rail rate increases during the war and pressed for visits to mill cities to understand conditions. B R Pollock of Boston and Maine testified on heavier loading, revenue per car, and need for locomotives and cars, terminals, and track capacity. Hearings continue with Commissioner Anderson’s return from Washington.
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Graham
State Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
New England
B. R. Pollock
Boston & Maine Railroad
Pollock
Anderson
Washington
Harvard Bridge To Get $130000 Reflooring Project
Harvard bridge will be entirely refloored with heavy new planking at a total cost near 130000. The expense will be shared equally by Boston and Cambridge after engineers warned of unsafe sections.
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Harvard
Boston
Cambridge
United States Guard Authorized as 25000 Troop Force
The War Department authorizes a 25000 member United States Guard to supplement state and other forces. The force will guard war supplies, war industries, and perform essential police duties including patrols of water fronts during the conduct of the war.
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Washington
United States Guard
War Department
Wilson orders creation of 40 battalions for home guard duty
President Wilson signs a War Department plan to organize forty battalions to relieve front line troops. Enlistment or draft will form the unit of impact, with volunteers age 31 to 45 and mobilization to use men not fit for front service. Guards wear blue uniforms and carry Krag rifles, serving near home communities.
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Wilson
War Department
National Guard
Cigar Makers Union Plans Special Meeting Tonight
Cigarmakers' Union Local 97 will hold a special meeting at Fay Hall tonight where a further report of the strike committee will be presented. A conference between the union's conference committee and the manufacturers' committee is arranged at the Waitt and Bond factory for today.
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Cigarmakers’ Union
Fay Hall
Waitt & Bond
Plan to Apply War Tax to Congressmen
Washington December 13. Legislation to amend the war tax to include members of Congress under the new war excess profits tax on incomes of 6000 and more will be taken up Saturday by the House Ways and Means Committee. Other revisions may be discussed but no definite amendments planned until spring.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
German Editor Under Arrest in Connecticut
Paul Stoeckel editor of the Connecticut Staats Zeitung and German resident was arrested in Hartford by Deputy U S Marshal Mahon on a warrant from U S Commissioner Rice in Holyoke Massachusetts. He and partner Mr Wish are charged with violating federal law by failing to file true English translations of German language articles and comments about the war.
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Conn
Paul Stoeckel
Connecticut Staats Zeitung
United States
Mahon
Rice
Holyoke
Mass
Stoeckel
Wisi
Wish
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