Arbitration near end in wage dispute at Boston Elevated
Arbitration between Boston Elevated Company and about 9000 employees nears completion as three arbiters review five months of testimony. Final arguments by union and company spell out wage scales, hours, and free transportation. Sessions today at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in Ford Hall.
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Boston Elevated Company
James J. Storrow
James L. Richards
James H. Vahey
Board of Arbitration
Joseph B. Eastman
Fred Fay
John F. Feeney
Elevated
Ford
Fay
Harvard Yard Patrols Run By Special University Force
Harvard yard is policed by a captain and six subordinates in a unique university force. Captain John Conery leads 24 hour patrols with Cambridge police cooperation, covering Perkins Hall to the Gold Coast. The station in Thayer Hall lacks cells, aims to deter theft and rule violations among about 4600 students.
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Harvard Yard
Broadway
New York East Side
San Francisco
Barbary Coast
Paris
Harvard
Withal
John Conery
John
Harvard University
University
Cambridge
Tom Tevlin
Brock
New England
Harvara
Conely
Thayer Hall
Harvard Department
Cambridge Police
Perkins Hall
Gold Coast
Har Wird
Warvard Yard
Cat in Bloomfield Deliberately Meets Auto Tragedy
Miss Lucy Bergen reports her large black cat killed itself by positioning in the street for an approaching automobile. The chauffeur swerved to miss the animal, but the cat crawled to the curb and was struck. Bergen had slapped the cat moments before the incident for scratching her.
Finest Briar and Meerschaum Pipes on Sale
The advertisement promotes a wide selection of briar and meerschaum pipes along with cigar and cigarette holders. Included are brands such as GENERAL BRADDOCK, QUEEN OF MORELAND, LADY CHURCHILL, and ORLANDO with prices ranging from 1.00 to 2.50 per box, alongside accessories from multiple brands and locations.
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General Braddock
Londres
Moreland Perfecto
Lady Churchill Soberano
Robin Hood Club
Palma DE Cuba
Parisians Divided Over Poiret Evening Frock
Paris reports a split reaction to Poiret’s new evening gown featuring two foot openings and side harem bloomers. The canary yellow crepe de chine dress has a gold belt and fillet, cloth of gold slippers, corsetless empire line, and open sleeves, provoking both scandal and admiration.
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Paris
Poiret
Catholic Church Notes: Annual Glee Club Concert in Boston Hall
The fourth annual concert by the Glee Club of the Boston Young Men's Catholic Association was held in Boston College Hall with soloists Miss Eileen V. Driscoll and Miss Maude K. Murray and pianist Lawrence B. OConnor. A three week mission at St. Leo's Dorchester concluded with a final address by the Redemptorist Fathers. Father Fitzgerald plans holy communion for most men in his East Boston parish on Christmas morning, following last year's 1300 kneeling parishioners. Construction on the Blessed Sacrament Church Jamaica Plain nears completion with first mass anticipated early next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Young Men's Catholic Association
Boston College Hall
Eileen V. Driscoll
Maude K. Murray
Lawrence B. O'Connor
St. Leo’s Church
Esmond Street
Dorchester
Father Fitzgerald
Church of the Assumption
Sumner Street
Boston
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Jamaica Plain
Arthur T. Connolly
Cambridge Man Wins Prize at Harvard
Fliot Jones of Cambridge won the David A. Wells prize at Harvard for this year. The $500 award honors thesis work in economics, with Jones choosing The Anthracite Coal Combination in the United States, and the candidate earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in the same year.
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Fliot Jones
Cambridge
David A. Wells
Harvard
Jones
United States
Saye
Two Young Men Sail From Fall River Toward Pacific
Louis Peloquin and Wilfred Dupre start a 40 foot motorboat voyage from Fall River toward Bermuda then California. They plan about 18 months at sea with stints ashore to earn food and fuel. They intend to round Cape Horn and reach San Francisco for the 1915 exposition.
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Fall River
Louis Peloquin
Wilfred Dupre
Bermuda
Atlantic
California
Panama Canal
Care Horn
South America
Peloquin
Dupre
San Francisco
Dorchester Lodger Dies of Burns after Bed Fire
John B. Murphy, an Invalid lodger at 17 Freeman Street Dorchester, was badly burned while smoking in bed Saturday afternoon. He never regained consciousness and died at City Hospital yesterday afternoon. The body was moved to the hospital morgue where an autopsy will be performed by Medical Examiner Leary today.
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John B. Murphy
Freeman Street
Dorchester
City Hospital
Leary
Optician Recovers Brights Disease Spirit from Letter
H W Smith a Mason City wholesale optician says physicians called his Brights disease incurable. After two years of using Fulton s Renal Compound and rest, he reports dropping 45 pounds in 14 days, then returning to business and no medicine for four years. He claims many correspondents report recoveries. the drug is sold at Jaynes Drug Stores.
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H. W. Smith
Mason City
Iowa
Bright
Mineral Wells
Texas
Fulton
Ant Attenton
Jaynes Drug
Pate von Jobo
J. Fulton
Mother as Influencer for Worst Role in Society
The passage argues that women are inherently weak in child rearing, prioritizing dress and displays to chase money. It claims motherhood is not their true mission, noting many ill or weak children result. It suggests after feeding, a child should be separated, with the mother relegated to visitor and adviser.
Woman a Failure in Bringing Up Children
Morrison I. Swift at the Humanist Forum in Franklin Union denounces mothers as the source of society’s ills. He asserts that mothers pass on corrupt consciences to children and blame women for promoting greed, urging divorces from greedy husbands to reform the family and population.
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Morrison I. Swift
Humanist Forum
Franklin Union
Mr. Swift
America
Mona Lisa Scratched by Robber
In Florence on December 14 investigators report a slight abrasion on the Mona Lisa’s cheek and a scratch on the left shoulder caused while the painting was in the possession of Vincenzo Perugia.
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Florence
Vincenzo Perugia
Crowd Deluges Uffizi for Mona Lisa Viewing
The Perugia police chief says authorities see his imprisonment as to save face and anticipates release and reward. Great crowds gathered at the Uffizi to view the Mona Lisa amid carabinieri and guard crowds. Disorder followed as doors, windows and entrances were strained with 90,900 visitors in four hours, averaging 125 per minute after order returned.
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Perugia
Italy
Uffizi Gallery
Brothers arrested in Mona Lisa theft case in Europe
In Milan on December 14 the father of Vincenzo Perugia from Tuino expressed deep regret over his son's act and said he did not view him as a common thief. Carabineers in Dumenza arrested Perugia's brothers, who had lived with him in Paris when the theft occurred, but they were proven innocent by the authorities.
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Milan
Vincenzo Perugia
Tuino
Dumenza
Como
Perugia
Carabineers
Paris
France to permit Mona Lisa exhibition in Rome
The French ambassador to Italy M Barrere notified Rome France will gladly allow the exhibition of the Mona Lisa in Rome. Deputy Enrico Ferri, a noted criminologist, said Perugia must be condemned yet should be pardoned.
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France
Rome
Italy
M. Barrere
Enrico Ferri
Perugia
Recluse Describes Society as a Frost in Missouri
BE BL Tyler, a university graduate, ends a decade of living in a hut near Columbia to call society a frost. He says society hides slimy fingers for gold behind polished receptions and mockery, with a single standard, which compelled his withdrawal.
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Columbia, Mo
Here
Tyler
China asks Americans to help govern Hwai River flood relief
The Chinese government has appealed to the United States legation for aid in controlling the Hwai River, which runs through southern Honan and northern Anhwei provinces and flows into Lake Hungtse. Each year the river rises and floods the country, causing heavy loss of life and extensive property damage.
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Pekin
United States
Legation
Hwai River
Honan
Anwhei
Hungtse
Red Cross survey aids Hwai River relief plan
The United States funded famine relief along the Hwai River with hundreds of thousands of dollars. Three years ago Charles Davis Jameson, an American civil engineer, surveyed the region to keep the river within its course. The government aims to fund the project with a concession of reclaimed land and Twenty million dollars may be needed. Reviseh, the American minister, reports on the plan and seeks American financiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hwai River
Red Cross
Charles Davis Jameson
Mr. Jameson
Pan Reviseh
Washington
Battleships Wyoming Arkansas Utah Morida to Return to New York
United States battleships Wyoming Arkansas Utah and Morida, after courtesy visits to European ports, are due to arrive at New York harbor tomorrow morning. Delaware Orion and Jason detached and head to Norfolk with Vermont, which suffered a shaft break last week.
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Nrnw
York
United States
Wyoming
Arkansas
Utah
Morida
New York Harbor
Delaware
Orion
Jason
Norfolk
Vermont
Woman Sues Husband Over Burial She Paid For
In Utica New York a county funded burial of a canal body led Mrs Alfred Hewitt to identify a corpse as her missing husband She had the remains reburied in her plot but Hewitt is found alive in Rochester and she has sworn out a warrant for his arrest for non support.
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Utica
N. Y
Alfred Hewitt
Hewitt
Rochester
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