Boston Doctor Asked to Stay in Halifax Aid Continues
Mayor Curley has received a letter from A. C. Nicholls M D Sanitary officer at Halifax thanking him for sending Dr H Van De Velde of the Boston Health Department to aid in Halifax. Nicholls requests the Boston physician remain for a few more days noting his services are of great value.
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A. C. Nicholls
M. D
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H. van de Velde
Boston Health Department
Boston
Fire blamed on German agents devastates Wayland area
A December 19 blaze in Wayland, Kentucky caused about $100,000 in damage and destroyed the Elkhorn Mining Corporation storehouse. German agent involvement is suspected. rewards are offered and armed guards protect nearby plants.
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Whitesburg
Wayland
Elkhorn Mining Corporation
Peters Promises City Hall Cleanup After Inauguration
Mayor Peters vows rapid shakeup of city departments. He directs removal of Penal Institutions Commissioner David B. Shaw, Park and Recreation Chairman John H. Dillon, and City Collector John J. Curley, his brother, signaling a decisive change at City Hall.
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Peters
David B. Shaw
John H. Dillon
Park and Recreation Commission
John J. Curley
City Hall
City personnel shifts loom as Peters era nears
Edward F Murphy head of public works, a $9000 berth holder, is expected to yield to Guy C Emerson as Peters aides replace Curley administration appointees. Building Commissioner O'Hearn and others face removal. multiple department heads and staff may depart with reassignments or resignations. Joseph Lomasney likely to be reinstated as chairman of the Schoolhouse Commission under Mayor Peters.
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Public Works Department
Guy C. Pmerson
Finance Commission
O’hearn
Curley
John J. Curley
Edity
Peters
John M. Casey
William J. J. O’neil
Francis X. Mahoney
J. Alfred Mitchell
Edward B. Dailey
Board of Assessors
John A. Sullivan
Sullivan
Joseph Lomasney
Board of
Schoolhouse Commissioners
Martin Lomasney
Praise for Gallivan aids Peters bid in city election
Transcript credits Gallivan with making the Peters victory possible as Boston evening papers weighed the election, acknowledging the debt voters owe to the candidacy. The reviews highlighted Gallivan's role as decisive in the outcome.
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Boston Evening Papers
Peters
Congress
Gallivan Gives Final Campaign Statement
Congressman Gallivan declined further remarks after delivering a closing line that claimed, We have lost Belgium, but we have saved Paris, summarizing his mayoralty bid with a smile and no additional comments.
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Belgium
Campaign editorial praise for James Gallivan in Boston mayoral race
The Transcript applauds Gallivan for challenging Mayor Curley and aiding Peters victory. Editorials emphasize Gallivan as a strong, popular figure and a gentleman fighter whose campaign influenced Boston politics and earned broad newspaper support.
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Man Gallivan
Transcript
James A. Gallivan
James A. Curley
Peters
Gallivan
Boston
Carven Appointed Budget Commissioner at $5000 Salary
The defeated Mayor Curley appointed Rupert Carven as budget commissioner under a July ordinance. Carven, with 32 years in city service, will earn a salary of 5000 dollars and had served as acting budget commissioner for two years.
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Curley
Rupert Carven
Carven
Acting budget commissioner finally given official title
After years of an unofficial acting position the council enacts an ordinance last July to establish the official budget commissioner title and salary. The mayor delayed action until yesterday, with Carven still serving as acting budget commissioner.
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Carven
Moriarty Thankful for Support in Boston City Council Campaign
James T. Moriarty thanks Boston citizens for their strong support in his City Council bid. He pledges to continue activity in the interest of all the people as a council member.
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Sir
Boston
James T. Moriarty
Johnsons Counsel Denounces Conspiracy In West Virginia Case
The United States hearing on Johnson continues as Hale argues the defense that she is controlled by others and that state influence endangers her. Mrs Godbey testifies on the Charleston to Catlettsburg trip amid questions of alleged white slavery and racial seating limits. The room fills with spectators as the West Virginia move shapes the case and timeline.
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United States
Jacob
Esau
West Virginia
Johnson
Lewis
Godbey
Commissioner Hayes
United States Circuit Court
Federal Building
Charleston
W. Va
Catlettsburg
Johnson threat led to arrest request in court
Mrs Godbey testified that Johnson threatened to kill her and assaulted her, showing a scar from a knife. She described past marriages to Willie Naylor and Quincy Godbey and said Johnson tried to coerce her into not reporting him. The defense argued Governor McCall refused surrender.
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Johnson
West Virginia
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Willie Naylor
Quincy Godbey
Szczepanek Arrested in Newburyport Murder Case
Anthony Szczepanek, 29, a contractor, was arrested in East Hampton on suspicion of the Dec. 10 murder of Mrs. Annie Spiewek, 61, and 38-year-old Wladyslaw Bill, plus the brutal beating of Frances Bill. About $1700 vanished after the crimes and he aided police as an interpreter for foreign-speaking residents.
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Anthony Szczepanek
East Hampton
Annie Spiewek
Wladyslaw Bill
Little Frances Bill
Szczepanek
Fires Cartridge in School Scares 50 Children
Joseph Moretti a 13 year old boy son of Patrick Moretti of Arcadia Avenue Nast Lexington created a scare at Adams School yesterday when a cartridge he played with exploded in his hand. He will have only one finger on his left hand remaining and his right hand seriously maimed. He received first aid from Dr. Fred S. Piper in the principal's office and was then taken to Boston Homeopathic Hospital.
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Patrick Moretti
Arcadia Avenue
Nast
Lexington
Adams School
Homeopathic Hospital
Boston
Fred S. Piper
Butler to Address Boston Chamber Luncheon Speaker
Dr Nicholas Murray Butler president of Columbia University will address the Boston Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Hotel Brunswick today. Mayor elect Andrew J Peters and President Henry I Harriman will be at the head table as Butler speaks on The Road to an Enduring Peace.
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Columbia University
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Brunswick
Butler
Andrew J. Peters
Chamber
Henry I. Harriman
New Bedford Cuts Streetcar Service To Save Coal
New Bedford December 19 Union Street Railway Company in this city curtailed its service in response to coal shortages. Officials say the cutback aims to conserve coal as Union and other street railways in the state face a worsening coal crisis.
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New Bedford
Union Street Railway Company
Union
Bay State Street Railway
Bay State Street Railway Company
United States
Storrow
Regrets He Could Not Have I W W Man Shot
Joseph Selzer an Industrial Workers of the World organizer was fined 1000 dollars and sentenced to one year in jail by Judge Milo P. Smith in Cedar Rapids County Court. The judge expressed regret that the law did not allow him to order execution by shooting.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Joseph Selzer
Industrial Workers of the World
Milo P. Smith
Youth of 17 Held for Tozier Murder
Alexander J. Bordeleau of Lowell Penobscot county 17 year old farm hand accused of killing Moses Tozier at Sherman on November 17 held for grand jury in Houston Me without bail. He was arrested while about to depart to Quebec with Canadian forces for Europe.
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Alexander J. Bordeleau
Lowell
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Tozier
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Europe
Berlin Reports Italian Positions Stormed on Monte Asolone
Austro German forces stormed the Italian positions on Monte Asolone and adjacent heights, the German staff said in an official statement. More than 2000 soldiers were captured.
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Berlin
Monte Asolone
New Lisbon Government Recognition Begins Across Nations
Paris reports that British or French ministers in Lisbon have conferred with Dr Sidonio Paes head of Portugal s new government. Italian and Belgian ministers participate as preparations for formal recognition unfold. Paes vows Portugal will persist in the war against Germany.
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Paris
Lisbon
Sidonio Paes
Portugal
Spanish Steamer Sunk Without Warning
A Bilbao despatch to Ex excelsior reports the Spanish steamship Noviembre, 3654 tons gross, sunk by a submarine off Bilbao with no warning. Thirty crew members landed. survivors swam for an hour before French patrol ships rescued them and drove off the submarine.
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Noviembre
Biarritz
Excelsior
Bilbao
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