Mayor weighs New telephone plan after expert report
Boston Mayor Fitzgerald awaits an expert's study on a franchise granted to Metropolitan Home Telephone Co to lay wires and install a new system. The report, due next Monday, could determine whether he vetoes or signs the proposal as the city prepares for a Boston powered by a modern automatic switchboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Priest
Board of Aldermen
Metropolitan Home Telephone Company
New England
Fitzgerald
Arlington capsizes Cap Juby in dense Channel fog
In heavy fog off Dungeness the British steamer Arlington rammed and sank the Belgian steamer Cap Juby. Twelve Cap Juby crewmen drowned while the captain and five others were saved.
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Dover
Eng
English Channel
Arlington
Cap Juby
Antwerp
Newport
Dungeness
Coasting Order Still Stands in Boston Streets
In an executive session the Board of Aldermen kept a coasting order for a week. Police Commissioner O Meara named dangerous Boston streets for coasting and the board will allow coasting if snow or ice forms before next Monday under police rules. The streets were listed in a communication to the board and published in the Post.
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Board of Aldermen
O'Meara
Boston
Lynn shoes cheaper in Buenos Ayres than here
Dr. John P. Kelley, long in Buenos Ayres, says Lynn made shoes cost 20 to 30 percent less there and in Sydney or Melbourne than in Lynn. He explains American shoes are popular abroad for better finish and style, despite inferior leather.
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Lynn Shoes
Buenos Ayres
Lynn
John P. Kelley
Wesley
Father Mathew Society
Argentine Republic
Boston
Sydney
Melbourne
Australia
How New Telephone Works Little Dial Takes the Place of an Hello Girl
The article outlines a Boston based plan by the Metropolitan Telephone Company to install a new telephone system replacing the traditional Hello Girls with a direct dialing arrangement. It mentions rapid adoption prospects and the anticipated impact on local service.
Freeing of Ethel M. Smith after manslaughter charge
Ethel M. Smith, 15, acquitted of manslaughter in the shooting of Farmer for Briggs on Thanksgiving Day. Crowds outside the court cheered as Chief Kimball and Judge Palmer ordered her discharge. She received a celebratory reception while maintaining her composure throughout.
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Providence
Ethel M. Smith
Briggs
Neutakonkanut Hill
Palmer
Kimball
Boston Firm to Build Bridge at Fall River
The Joint Board of Fall River Bridge commissioners awarded the contract to Holbrook Cabot Rollins Corp of Boston for building the Taunton River bridge at Fall River at 770000 dollars.
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Boston
Fall River
Board of
Mechanic Arts High School Dance Set for Friday
The Mechanic Arts High School Society will host a dancing party on Friday December 21 at 8 oclock in Catholic Union Hall Worcester square. The first such event in the school's history. Committee members include John J. Creamer John F. McGee Brutus Yiddish and Edward I Cahill. Matrons Mrs Colbert and Mrs Joseph M Killion with Miss Helen M Colbert assisting.
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Mechanic Arts High School Society
Catholic Union Hall
Worcester Square
John J. Creamer
John F. McGee
Brutus Yiddish
Hmdward I. Cahill
Colbert
Joseph M. Killion
Helen M. Colbert
Mayor Directs Aldermen in Selecting 245 Suffolk Jurors
Mayor Fitzgerald oversaw the drawing of 245 jurors by the Board of Aldermen for Suffolk county. The panel included Garrett W. Scollard city collector ex congressman Joseph A. Conry and Ignatius McDonough ex school committee member. The mayor has led juror selection since the term began, a duty previously delegated by past mayors.
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Fitzgerald
Board of Aldermen
Suffolk County
Garrett W. Scollard
Joseph A. Conry
Ignatius McDonough
Collins
Postpone Sentence For Matthew F Killion On Bribe Charge
Matthew F Killion had his sentence postponed indefinitely to allow time for a bill of exceptions by his attorney. The juror convicted of accepting a bribe in the Crocker will case showed emotion as three friends testified on his behalf.
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Matthew EF. Killion
Crocker Will
Killion
Damages Awarded in Elevated Railway Crash Cases
Elizabeth O Neil received 3525 in the third Superior Court session for an Oct 22 1902 collision at Dover and Washington. Mary G Hayes and husband John V Hayes won 1000 and 250 respectively in separate suits from the first session for injuries at South station stairs on Oct 8 1904 caused by a damaged sign.
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Elizabeth O'Neil
Superior Court
Dover
Washington Streets
Mary G. Hayes
John V. Hayes
South Station
War Secretary Taft Denies San Francisco Relief Funds Graft
Secretary Taft denies graft claims in San Francisco relief funds and says a War Department special auditor will examine all accounts. He asserts misstatements about a $1,000,000 theft and defends the Red Cross led relief effort and its honesty.
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Taft
San Francisco
Schmitz
War Department
William H. Taft
American National Red Cross
John F. Moors
Moors & Cabot
City
Massachusetts
The
James D. Phelan
Searchlight
Nevy
Red Cross Corporation
San Francisco Relief and Red Cross
Red Cross
Massachusetts, New York Chamber of Commerce
National Red Cross
Relief Committee
Surprises in Harvard Class Day Elections
Harvard seniors chose their class day officers amid surprises after strenuous campaigns. The class committee includes R. I. Bacon captain of the crew K. L. Burnham captain of the basketball team and R. B. Gregg. The class day committee members are D. W. Dexter G. A. Teland D. G. Wield H. W. Nichols J. J. Rowe C. G. Osborne and J. H. jams. The photograph committee lists G. W. Bailey S. T. Hubbard and R. J. Walsh. A Crimson denouncement of electioneering shaped the outcome.
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Harvard
R. I. Bacon
New York
K. L. Burnham
Malden
R. B. Gregg
Colorado Springs
D. W. Dexter
G. A. Teland
D. G. Wield
H. W. Nichols
J. J. Rowe
C. G. Osborne
J. H. Jams
G. W. Bailey
Quincey
S. T. Hubbard
Yonkers
N. Y
R. J. Walsh
Reading
Crimson
Tunnel Plan to Build England France Undersea Link
A bill in Parliament would allow an Anglo French company to dig two parallel Channel tunnels about 24 miles long. The project is estimated to cost 80 million dollars. The proposal follows long held scientific and engineering aims in spite of past fears of invasion.
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London
English Channel
Lady Marjorie Manners May Become Queen of Servia
TLONDON December 17 Rumor says Lady Marjorie Manners may become Queen of Servia by wedding Prince Arthur Connaught. It is claimed Lux Queen Natalie recently visited England to offer Servia’s crown to King Henry V’s soldier nephew.
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Marjorie Manners
Servia
ONDON
England
Prince Arthur of
Natalie
Milan
Hadward
Lady Marjorie Manners
Connaught
Child Wins Clemency as Motorman Is Put on Probation
In Middlesex Superior Court Judge Gas Kill grants Richard T. Black probation after he pleads guilty to assaulting Edith Robb a 15 year old Springfield girl. A tearful scene unfolds as Black’s four year old son Raymond comforts him prompting court sympathy and leniency for the family.
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Black
Edith Robb
Springfield
Everett
Providence
Miss Robb
Mrs. Black
Raymond
Patrick Asks for Pardon in Clemency Plea
Governor Higgins said he received from Albert T. Patrick an application for executive clemency. He noted Patrick used the phrase in the opening line "In asking for a pardon" and that the matter is under consideration amid many other clemency requests.
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Albany
WN. Y
Higgins
Albert T. Patrick
Patrick
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Elmer Chickering
M. A. N. Society
Matthew F. Killion
Frisco Fund
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Stockholm
Sweden
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