Mackay Calls Carlton and Vail to Resign
Clarence H. Mackay urged Newcomb Carlton to quit his dual role as Postmaster General aide and Western Union president and Theodore Vail to resign from AT&T. He argued that holding both government and private positions conflicts with Americans’ interests and gives undue influence over business policy.
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New York
Clarence H. Mackay
Commercial Cable and Postal Telegraph Companies
Newcomb Carlton
Western Union Telegraph Company
Carlton
Mackay
Theodore N. Vail
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Will Explore Cave in New Ashford by Lenox Professors
Lenox December 20. Professor Grover A.M. Allen of the Agassiz Museum Harvard will arrive Saturday and, with Courtlandt Field Bishop, will explore the cave recently found in New Ashford. They will study the bat species said to inhabit a cavern one foot underground, red headed bats reported by George A. Curtiss of the Massachusetts Highway Commission who rediscovered the cave after it had been lost since 1903.
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Lenox
Grover AM. Allen
Agassiz Museum
Harvard
Courtlandt Field Bishop
New Ashford
George A. Curtiss
Alassachusetts Highway Commission
Sealed Verdict in Loud Tapper Suit Read Monday
The $25,000 alienation suit of Rufus G. Loud of Cambridge against grain dealer Albert K. Tapper will be decided Monday morning if the jury reaches a verdict. Judge King left Springfield with instructions for a sealed verdict. Mrs Emmaline Loud and her daughter Mrs Grace Conant attended, remaining for arguments and the charge.
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Rufus G. Loud
Cambridge
Albert K. Tapper
Chamber of Commerce
King
Springfield
Emmaline Loud
Grace Conant
Loud
Tapper
Charles Sullivan
Pratt
Women Fight High L Fares In Boston Petition Campaign
Women from 63 clubs of the Boston City Federation say more than 25 000 supporters back a call to curb elevated rail fares. They plan petitions to the 1919 Legislature protesting fare increases and a zone system as housing and city progress hinge on affordable transit. Miss Caro Colburn leads the initiative citing higher Boston fares than elsewhere and worsening service.
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Boston City F Federation
Boston
Boston Elevated Railway
Caro Colburn
Cclulb
United States
Misa Colburn
Baron Sakatani Named Adviser to China
Baron Sakatani, a leading Japanese financier, was named financial adviser to the Chinese government. He stated he aims to implement currency reform by adopting the gold standard to improve trade relations between Japan and China.
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Washington
Baron Sakatani
Japan
State Department
Morris
Tokyo
China
Lettish Appeal for Aid Against Bolsheviki
The Lettish government through the American legation at Stockholm asked the State Department for protection from the Bolsheviki. Left representatives said German troops were not staying to maintain order as allowed by armistice terms and were abandoning the locals to Bolshevik forces.
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Washington
State Department
Lettish
Stockholm
Whitman to Resume Law Practice in New York
Governor Whitman will return to law practice after resigning Jan. 1. He will establish an office in New York City with Supreme Court Justice Nathan Ottinger, William J. L. Ransom, and public service commission chief counsel, former city courts chief justice.
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New York
Whitman
Supreme Court
Nathan Ottinger
William JL. Ransom
First District Public Service Commission
Cruiser Salem to Be Destroyer Flagship
The scout cruiser Salem, one of the first of its type for the navy, will be converted into a flagship for torpedo destroyers. It arrived at Charlestown navy yard late yesterday afternoon. The project is large, requiring months of work. The Salem is 16,000 horsepower with twin screws, arriving soon after the battleship Kentucky for repairs.
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Salem
Charlestown Navy Yard
Kentucky
Elevated drops two officials and trims salaries at Boston Elevated
Two salaried officials of the Boston Elevated Railway Company are to be discharged by December 31 and two others will have their salaries materially cut. The move, announced by the elevated trustees, aims to reduce office expenses by about 20,800 dollars.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
Elevated
Trustees to dismiss key Boston Elevated officials on Dec 31
The Boston Elevated Railway trustees voted to end the services of Fr. S Lyons and John H Lee on December 31. Lyons earns 10000 dollars yearly and Lee 3000. Prendergast and Sergeant salaries cut, as rumors of trimming high earners circulate. Smoking banned on cars except 1 to 6 am in enclosed platforms.
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Boston Eierated Railway Company
Fr. S. Lyons
John H. Lee
Lyons
Mr. Lee
D. L. Pren- Cergast
U. S&s
Henry S. Lyons
Brookline
Elevated
Brighton
Democratic Party
Boston
Democratic City Committee
Prendergast
Sergeant
Einimons
Five Month Net Loss Reported Amid Wartime Costs
The report shows a net loss of 241,968 for five months. Receipts total 9,086,761 led by passenger receipts 8,771,946 and rents 27,922. Cost of service 12,828,727 includes contracts 3,714,569 and leased road rents 1,149,048. Compared to five months ending May 1, 1917 receipts rose 919,600 while cost of service rose 3,742,000.
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Ehick
Weenies
Vogue Satiries
Dvb
SEO Soo
IER
Newman Gives Supplementary Lecture in Symphony Hall
M Newman delivered a supplementary lecture at Symphony Hall last evening, focusing on novel insights in music theory and performance practice. The event drew a modest audience and highlighted the lecturer’s ongoing engagement with contemporary musical scholarship.
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M. Newman
Symphony Hall
Wilsons push relief for famished Europe
Paris dispatch reports President Wilson pressing rapid relief plans for Europe’s liberated and neutral regions. He urges allied cooperation and ties relief to stabilizing strained populations and curbing Bolshevik inspired discontent sweeping westward.
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Paris
Europe
Willison
Ex Kaiser’s Fortune Sealed Amid German Revolution
The ex Kaiser’s private fortune totaling 4.76 million dollars is deposited in four and a half percent banks. Frederick Wilhelm III founded the estate and bequeathed it to his successor with a proviso to keep half in tact unless Prussia faced severe distress. The Hohenzollern claim to vast estates in Prussia and abroad faces confiscation under revolutionary law. The family wealth includes properties in France and Italy. new taxes and possible law changes loom. Prince George of Mecklenburg loses income after residing in America.
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Frederick Wilhelm III
Prussia
France
Eltel Fritz
Hohenzollern
Germany
Wilhelm
Big Jryate Fortuns
Hohenzollerns
Italy
George of
Mecklenburg
America
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