Wheeler urges united backing for Wilson era regulatory program
Harry A. Wheeler president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States urged Boston business and commercial interests at the Copley Plaza banquet last night to support the federal administration regulatory program. He defended a currency bill and called for organized business power to back railroad industrial and financial legislation.
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Harry A. Wheeler
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Copley Plaza
Regulation and banking in push for co operation with Congress
President Wheeler urged regulation of railroads and commerce as inevitable and said cooperation with Congress and state legislatures would guide reform. He supported the currency bill, noting imperfections can be fixed later, while Boston Chamber of Commerce President Coolidge outlined the year’s program and a banquet to discuss welfare needs and chamber aid. Judge Henry A. Shute spoke, describing his boyhood in Ex-Continued on Page 4-Third Column.
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Congress
Wheeler
Chamber
J. Randolph Coolidge, Jr
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Senate
Coolidge
Commonwealth
Henry A. Shute
New Hampshire
New Police Department Rules Issued By Commissioner
Police Commissioner Stephen O Meara releases a 300 page manual outlining new rules for officers. Prohibits uniformed officers at political rallies unless on duty and bans non department cars for police business. Commands civil conduct and forbids visible gum or tobacco. Officers must explain lawfulness to citizens and assist reporters when feasible.
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Police Department
Stephen O'Meara
Tannery Fire Devastates Woburn Plant With $200,000 Loss
A December fire at the Cottle Leather Company tannery, occupied by the G H Forbush Company, caused extensive damage estimated at 200000. Explosions of naptha and oil lit the night as Woburn firefighters fought the blaze with help from Winchester and Wakefield amid false alarms and wild rumors.
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Winchester
Wakefield
Gottle Leather Company
Woburn
Cottle Leather Company
Fire at Oil-Soaked Tannery Destroys Plant
At about 6 15 p m superintendent William H McGowan bookkeeper James Martin and watchman Michael Lilley in the office of the factory saw sprinklers engage a fierce blaze in the main building. The wooden tannery soaked with oil exploded as naptha and chemicals burned forcing nine firemen to abandon the roof. Help from Winchester Wakefield arrived and flames spread through the four story frame structure with multiple additions before collapse. The scene continued on page 10 fifth column.
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William H. McGowan
James Martin
Michael Lilley
Conn Street
Winchester
Wakefield
Prac
Telephone Girls Urge Votes at Boston Suffrage Rally
At Faneuil Hall a Boston Equal Suffrage Association meeting urged wage earning women to vote. Miss Annie Malloy led speakers from seven industries including Margaret Fitzgerald and Annie Burke, linking voting to a national minimum wage and protections for youth in schools and mills.
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Boston Telephone Girls
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Faneuil Hall
Annie Malloy
Telephone Girls’ Union
Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Boston Equal Suffrage Association
Maud Wood Park
Woman Suffrage Party
Margaret Fitzgerald
Anna Murdock
Louisa Murdock
Annie Burke
Falk River
Elizabeth Wakeman
Villa Decrees Seizure of Terrazas and Creel Estates
General Villa orders the confiscation of all property belonging to Luis Terrazas Sr Enrique Creel and Juan Creel in Mexico. The seized assets include banks mines and lands valued in the millions with cattle and homes. The decree bars indemnity if the revolution succeeds and voids contracts since February 18, 1913.
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Juarez
Mexico
Luis. Terrazas
Enrique Creel
Juan Creel
Francisco Villa
Terrazas
United States
Creel
Enriquel Creel
General Villa
Chihuahua City
Orozco
Huerta
Luis Terrazas, Jr
Chihuahua
Villa
Boston Girl Dorothy MacVane Shadowed by Italian Police
The American ambassador in Rome has asked Italy to probe surveillance of Dorothy A. MacVane daughter of Boston historian Silas H. MacVane. While touring southern Italy including Lecce Brindisi and Taranto she found police shadowing her and her letters intercepted.
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Rome
Thomas Nelson Page
Foreign Office
Dorothy A. MacVane
Silas H. MacVane
Boston
McLean
Harvard University
MacVane
Italy
Lecce
Brindisi
Taranto
Miss MacVane Linked to Espionage Rumors
The case centers on Miss MacVane who was suspected of espionage. Ambassador Page sent Arthur Hugh Frazier to question her parents, and a letter she wrote to the ambassador went unseen. No arrest at Taranto, and authorities say surveillance had fluctuated recently.
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Rome
Page
Arthur Hugh Frazier
Miss MacVane
Ofce
Taranto
Miss MacVane Rises From Cambridge Chorus to Grand Opera
Daughter of a Harvard professor in Cambridge overcomes family objections to reach the grand opera chorus. Her persistence and talent lead her from a staid academic town to a celebrated stage career, despite early resistance.
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Miss MacVane
Harvard
Cambridge
Man and Horse Die in Seaver Street Car Crash
Charles Warrellie of Dovercourt Rexbury is dead and his horse was humanely killed after a Seaver street car ran over them on Humboldt avenue Roxbury. The motorman is held on a manslaughter charge as passengers panicked when the front truck passed over the victims between Townsend and Munroe streets.
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Charles
Warrellie
Dovercourt
Rexbury
Seaver
Humboldt Avenue
Townsend and Munroe Streets
Roxbury
Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia Dead Reported
A Jibati despatch says Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia died Friday. Born in 1844, he has been reported dead on several occasions. Addis Abeba dispatches last February announced his death and the succession of Prince Lidi Jeassu, a grandson.
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London
Jibati
Africa
Menelik
Abyssinia
Addis Abeba
Lidi Jeassu
Those Who Take Father John's Medicine Advertise Its Power
Advertisers claim Father John offers bodybuilding strength and cold relief. The ad asserts the medicine cures colds and builds up the body.
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Father John
Cardinal Rampolla Was Vetoed as Papal Heir by Austria
Rome December 16 Cardinal Rampolla secretary of state under Pope Leo XIII died suddenly at Rome His death removes a leading figure who was slated to become dean of the Sacred College and a probable successor to Pope Pius X The Austrian veto once blocked him from the papal throne and the policy was ended by the current pope Rampolla was of noble Italian lineage and born August 17 1843 in Poliszi Sicily
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Cardinal Rampolla
Congregation OF the Universal Inquisition
Vatican
Pope Leo X
Rome
Leo XIII
Sacred College
Cardinal Qreglia
Hte
Pius X
Austria
Marquis de Tintaro
St. Peter's
Poliszi
No Home Rule In Post Office
London reports the cabinet has dropped from the home rule bill the clause transferring the Irish post office to the Dublin parliament. The post will now be under imperial control along with the army navy and foreign policy. Ulster talks show little progress.
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London
Dublin
Tobious mix of time notes and anniversaries from Portland era
Portland 24m Gloucester 26m Newport ch 38m earlier. SUN on 5 MOON Bis 8 27 p m 351st day of year 86th day of autumn. Only 7 more days before Christmas 4 before winter. Day 9h Sun long day s decrease 6h 12m Evening stars Jupiter Saturn morning stars Venus Mars ta auto lamps tonight before 4 43. TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES ETC Whittier the Quaker poet born 1807 Birthday of Thomas B Fitzpatrick Boston merchant British attacked Darby Vt and burned the storehouses ie 1812 One year ago today Maayer Hurley of Salem secured his fifth election to that office
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Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Mars
Whittier
Thomas B. Fitzpatrick
Boston
Darby
Maayer Hurley
Salem
Weather Forecast For Boston And New England
Forecast shows fair weather for Boston and vicinity on Wednesday and Thursday with moderate westerly winds. The interior of Maine expected to be cloudy Wednesday followed by fair conditions Thursday.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
Wethern
New England
Maine
Yesterday's Temperature Reported for Senpeere Spa
Fragmentary weather note records yesterday's temperatures at Senpeere Spa with figures 12 and 18. No further context or times provided.
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Senpeere Spa
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Venetian Room
Cme
Seereves
Bach
Brattle St
Brattle Sq., Basto
Vermont
Haymarket
sSore
Mirror Shop
Rampolla
St. Peter’s
U.S
Ambassador Page
Dorothy MacVane
Portland
Gloucester
Newport
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