Deer Island Reform School Praised by Visitors
Dr Walter Fernald, head of the Commission on White Slave Traffic, and four women investigators lauded Deer Island Reformatory as well managed after their visit. Fernald sent a letter to Penal Commissioner Fred Gore noting the favorable impressions. The report also notes domestic relations issues in Chicago with drunkenness as a major cause in court cases and proposes laws to require penitentiary earnings contributions to dependents.
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Walter E. Fernald
Deer Island Reformatory
Deer Island
Fernald
Fred S. Gore
Chicago
New Inspector Appointments Aboard Industrial Accidents Board
The Industrial Accident Board announced several new inspectors including former Representative Willian M. Brigham of Marlboro at a salary of 1800 dollars a year. Also named were Percy A. Broderick Roxbury James F. Malone Worcester William H. Burke Worcester Everett L. Locke Waltham and Miss May E. P. Lowney Lowell.
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Industrial Accident Board
Willian M. Brigham
Marlboro
Percy A. Broderick
Roxbury
James F. Malone
Worcester
William H. Burke
Everett L. Locke
Waltham
May E. P. Lowney
Lowell
Starts Year Right by Being Arrested
In San Francisco on December 27, attorney E. L. Aller of Detroit Michigan sought arrest claiming he misappropriated funds as executor of an estate in March 1912. Police took him into custody for investigation of the alleged misappropriation.
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San Francisco
E. L. Aller
Detroit
Mich
Aller
Jews to light sixth Chanukah candle in Greater Boston
Special services and parties mark Chanukah in synagogues and temples across Greater Boston today. The festival began last Tuesday at sundown and ends next Wednesday at sunset with the lighting of the sixth Menorah candle in Jewish homes and synagogues.
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Greater
Boston
General C Whitney Tillinghast dies in Troy
General C Whitney Tillinghast 2d dies at his Troy home from pneumonia. Born in 1857, he was appointed adjutant general of New York in 1806 by Governor Frank S. Black. His tenure covered the Spanish American War when New York raised and equipped 22,000 men for service.
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Troy
N. Y
C. Whitney Tillinghast
State of
New York
Frank 8. Black
Shift in New Haven Law Force
The New York New Haven Hartford Railroad announces a complete reorganization of its legal department. Edward D. Robbins retires as general counsel to become advisory counsel to the board. Edward G. Buckland, VP, becomes head of the department handling daily litigation and legislative work. Howard Elliott chairs the board. L. S. Storrs A. T. Potter and A. E. Potter are named Rhode Island Trolley directors.
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New York, New Haven & Wartford
Arthur P. Russell
New Haven
State House
Edward D. Robbins
The
Road
Public Service Commission
Robbins
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Edward G. Buckland
Buckland
James H. Hustis
Howard Elliott
Congress
Elliott
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Boston
New York Central
Grand Central Terminal
Rhode Island Trolley Company
L. 8. Storrs
George S Russell Dies in Marlboro After Heart Failure
Marlboro December 27 George S Russell longtime city resident and former city auditor died of heart failure at his home 222 Pleasant Street He was 67 or 68 born in Marlboro a bookkeeper at John A Frye shoe factory for 15 years Civil War veteran served in Company E Fifth Massachusetts Volunteers member of Post 4% G A R and Unitarian Society Survived by wife two daughters and a son
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Post 4
Unitarian Society
South claims cheap beef solution from Alabama
Washington December 27 The South will be the country’s main source of cheap beef, says George M Rommel head of the animal husbandry division at the Department of Agriculture in a statement to the House agriculture committee He asserts no Northern farmer can raise beef for under five cents a pound while Alabama is doing it
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Washington
House Committee On Agriculture
George M. Rommel
Department of Agriculture
Rommel
Alabama
Unemployed to Work on New Hospital in San Francisco
San Francisco officials announce a program offering 1000 unemployed men free sleeping quarters free meals and a chance to earn 1.50 for four hours work cleaning a site for a new hospital. Vacant stores are turned into temporary lodging houses and authorities expect the housing problem to be solved within days.
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San Francisco
Marlboro Shoes Shipping to Europe Amid Positive Outlook
Local manufacturers report daily shipments of large quantities of shoes to European countries. Despite Mexico's troubles blocking shipments there, demand remains strong in Europe Asia and Australia with Chinese buyers showing interest in American footwear.
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Marlboro
Europe
Asia
Australia
Hold Hearing on New Concord Armory Planned Changes
Serious objections to the Concord State armory plans prompt a hearing tomorrow before the armory commission and the architect. The session, approved by the Governor's executive council, will consider proposed changes.
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State Armory
Concord
Armory Commission
Mayor sets tasks for Congressmen in Boston glare
Boston Mayor Fitzgerald issued a list of ten goals for Massachusetts Congressmen Curley Peters and Murray to push in Washington. He urged quick moves on a 40 foot channel port expansion, a new appraisers store, immigration station, Charlestown navy yard shipbuilding, yard extension, a new reserve bank in New England, Interstate Commerce Commissioner seat, a Boston post office building, and inland waterways funding for Mystic River Neponset River and Chelsea Creek. He warned against personal job hunting and suggested hiring a dedicated representative in Washington to press Boston’s interests.
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Fitzgerald
Boston
Federal Reserve Board
Charlestown Navy Yard
Navy Department
Interstate Commerce
Inland Waterways
Mystic River
Neponset River
Chelsea Creek
Messrs
Curley
Peters
Murray
Navy Yard
Philippines
Charlesoton
Congress
Washington
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Bank Reserve
New England
New Banking Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Areas
Massachusetts
Wilson
Four Die in Holiday Tragedy in Glendale New York
Henry Knell his wife and their two young children were found dead in bed at Glendale Long Island. The wife had a bullet wound to the head and the father and children suffocated by gas after the chandelier broke when he allegedly shot his wife and attempted to hang himself. A towel blocked the gas jet.
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New York
Henry Knell
Glendale
Knell
Tragedy After Gift Lets Four Die in Blankets of Christmas
Knell, 27, secretary of Philadelphia Steel and Forge and church treasurer, turned over $700 to Forest Park Congregational Church trustees, admitting excess over his accounts. Friends suspect suicide plan days prior. Four bodies found in one bed with a revolver near Mrs Knell, Christmas toys and a tree nearby. Edith and Henry were aged about 21 and 31 months.
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Knell
Philadelphia Steel and Forge Company
Forest Park Congregational Church
Frank Knell
Maine Heiress Weds in Boston
Bangor Maine December 27 Maine's wealthiest heiress Miss Sylvia Engel married Colonel Harry A. Ross in Boston December 17. Mrs. Ross inherits a fortune from the late William Engel mainly timber lands in Maine. Miss Engel is Elman School graduate, well traveled. Col Ross Harvard 1898 grad, ex Governor Cobb aide, later on Governor Jernald's council. They left for Nova Scotia shortly after the announcement.
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Bangor
Boston
Sylvia Engel
Maine
Harry A. Ross
Miss Engel
Elman School
Cambridge
Mass
Colonel Ross
Harvard
Cobb
Jernald
John Ross
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Ross
Curley Responds to Mayor's Charge on Congress Actions
Congressman Curley defends his role and party caucus limits during the special session and a later session. He cites naval yard econom ies and equipment at Charlestown, calls for DOJ action on New Haven railroad malfeasance, and notes actions regarding the appraiser store and federal appointments. He asserts confidence in President Wilson to appoint suitable officials.
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Curley
Peters
Murray
Fitzgerald
Congress
Charlestown Yard
Charlestown
New Haven Railroad
Department of Justice
McAdoo
James F. Curtis
Taft
the Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wilson
Massachusetts Board Publishes First News Bulletin
The Massachusetts Board of Education issued the first issue of the News Bulletin to compile board material and flag current school matters. It lists teachers on the registration bureau, permanent certificate requirements for union superintendents and for State aided high schools, and is sent to superintendents, principals, chairmen, and college heads.
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Massachusetts Board of Education
Registration Bureau
New England
Attempt to Lynch Prisoner Repulsed at Jail
A mob of about 1000 men attacked a jail housing black detainees including Mabel and others. The assailants fired on second floor windows as Sheriff Brown and deputies defended with orders to fire if needed. The assault began at 10 30 pm and dwindled to about 300 by 2 am, with defenders barricading a broken door.
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Mabel
Tea and Dance to Miss Jordan at Copley Plaza Hotel
A tea and dance was held at the Copley Plaza Hotel in honor of Miss Dorothea Curtis Jordan by Mr and Mrs Thomas P Curtis. Miss Jordan is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Sidney P Jordan and a niece of Mr Curtis. Assisting at the tea table were Miss Dorothy Baxter Miss Elizabeth Bennett Miss Ruth Draper Miss Dorothy Whipple Miss Leonora Bemis Miss Cornelia Fiske Miss Christine Converse Miss Louise Converse Miss Anstiss Wes Miss Ruth Cheney Miss Priscilla Parsons and Miss Susan Parsons.
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Copley Plaza Hotel
Dorothea Curtis Jordan
Thomas P. Curtis
Jordan
Curtis
Sidney P. Jordan
Dorothy Baxter
Elizabeth Bennett
Ruth Draper
Dorothy Whipple
Leonora Bemis
Cornelia Fiske
Christine Converse
Louise Converse
Anstiss Wes
Ruth Cheney
Priscilla
Susan Parsons
City to Watch Old Year Out
Boston plans a New Year celebration with Mayor Fitzgerald supervising park and recreation officials. Features include illumination near the Parkman bandstand, music, fireworks, and a midnight welcome led by I. A. Ives. Event runs 10 15 p m to 12 30 a m with plans described as novel and original.
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Boston
Fitzgerald
Park and Recreation Department
I. A. Ives
Su c cumbs to Heart Attack on Train near Savin Hill
Dawes Eliot Furness 67 Harvard 1848 resident of West End died last night aboard a train near Savin Hill station. He lived at 4 Lime Street and had an office at 611 Sears Building where he acted as trustee of J Henry Brooks and other estates. He was unmarried and survived by two sisters.
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Dawes Eliot Furness
Savin Hill
Mr. Furness
Lime Street
West End
Sears
J. Henry Brooks
Harvard
Army's Chief Surgeon Dead
George Henry Torney surgeon-general of the United States army died at his Washington home from bronchial pneumonia after weeks of declining health. He served in the Philippines and Cuba and held memberships in major medical and civic organizations. Funeral arrangements were not set.
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Washington
George Henry Torney
United States Army
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