Evangelist Billy Sunday roars crowds to revival
Billy Sunday preached to 19 000 in Boston as converts near 700 amid dynamic stagecraft and vivid word pictures. The revival show featured a blend of intense sermon and theatrical portrayal, drawing strong public response. Separately, Norway Sweden and Denmark sent identical notes expressing support for President Wilsons peace proposals and sympathy in war efforts.
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Denmark
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Wilson
Cambridge Girls Return From New York Wish To Stay
Esther McElwain seventeen and Rebecca Alken fifteen left Cambridge with dreams of film stardom. After visiting Manhattan agencies without success they were summoned back by their mothers. A New York judge ordered both girls returned to Cambridge where they arrived by train under guardianship.
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Lopez Street
Cambridge
New York
Esther
Mary Pickford
Rebecca Alken
River Street
Manhattan
Rebecca
Moving Picture
42Nd Street
Mrs. Alken
McElwain
New Strike Vote To Be Taken By Railroad Brotherhoods
Special circulars were sent to about 400000 railroad workers outlining the next step in the dispute over the Adamson acts. William G. Lee announced the action as he left for the West after a conference with railroad managers who had earlier failed to agree.
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New York
Evangelist Strikes Platform in Violent Outburst
Eyewitnesses describe an enraged evangelist assaulting his platform chair and hurling it across the stage. He kicked and smashed the chair against a grand piano as onlookers watched the confrontation unfold on the sawdust trail.
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Sunday
Norway Notes Silence on US Peace Proposals
The Norwegian government says it welcomes the US peace proposals but Norway offers no direct cooperation and the State Department releases the note without comment. The wartime neutrals, including Norway, have suffered greatly, while American officials maintain a policy of silence as reforms toward durable peace are discussed.
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Lansing
United States
Wadlin to resign as Boston Public Library librarian
Horace Greeley Wadlin, librarian since 1902 and age 65, has resigned his post with the Boston Public Library. Trustees accepted his resignation and he plans rest and occasional writing, effective July, though he requested January 31, 1917, per his letter to the president.
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Horace Greeley Wadlin
Wadlin
Josiah H. Benton
Board of Trustees
Carrigan to Decide Return to Red Sox Next Tuesday
President Frazee announced after a lengthy meeting with Carrigan that a final decision on Carrigan resuming management of the Red Sox would come next Tuesday. Frazee conveyed there is a fifty percent chance of Carrigan returning to lead the club.
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Meeting in Carrigan’s offices discussed Red Sox future
Yesterday morning for three hours the pair spoke in Carrigan's business offices about the subject important to the new owner of the Red Sox the Boston fans and the American league. Continued on Page 7-Sixth Column.
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COR
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Man on Trial in Ouester Small Murder Case
Ossipee New Hampshire December 29 Frederick L Small on trial for the murder of his wife Florence Arlene Small testified in court about threats against his wife in Boston and his tears upon learning she was believed burned in the family home Sept 28. witnesses recounted other dramatic moments from the case.
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Boston
Suppress Book by Von Mach Sparks International Interest
A dispute follows Macmillan’s suppression of Edmund von Mach’s Official Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War. The publisher ordered withdrawal mid October after pressure from entente allies, with von Mach arguing the work’s chronology biased Britain unfavorably.
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Harvard
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Europe
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Great Britain
Mary Pickford Robbed of Sealskin Coat at Hospital
Mary Pickford visited a friend at Sloane Maternity Hospital on Fifty Ninth Street and Tenth Avenue leaving her sealskin automobile coat in the car. The chauffeur waited in the lobby and upon departure the coat was missing, valued at $350, and reported to police.
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Mary Pickford
Mary of the Movies
Sloane Maternity Hospital
Fifty- Ninth Street
Tenth Avenue
City Banquet Shells Out Beer Sparks Publicity
A Waltham no license city banquet ends with Mayor Eben J Williams and Rev Francis Web ster departing after beer is served at the Crescent Hotel. Aldermen and 42 guests stay, drinking beer and tonic amid controversy over beer at the annual dinner. Alderman George Thornburg notes the event has beer at many banquets and claims 44 guests consumed 48 bottles without intoxication.
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Francis FE. Webster
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Fire Drives Residents From Dorchester Ave House
Nineteen small children in nightgowns were carried to safety as a basement fire at a three story building 1404 to 1410 Dorchester avenue Field's Corner threatened total loss. The street floor houses John J Hagerty Co liquor dealers. Second floor residents included Adolph Locke and seven children. Third floor housed two families, Jacob Feinberg with seven children and John Barnes with five children.
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Field's Corner
John J. Hagerty & Co
Adolph Locke
Jacob Feinberg
John Barnes
Fire destroys liquor store in blaze fueled by overheated stove
Three boys saw the basement ablaze and sounded the alarm as a four month old baby awoke its father. Sergeant Edgar Parker and patrolmen rescued seven children from the burning building above ground. Neighbors aided victims. damage to the building and stock pegged at about $2500.
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Mr. Locke
Edgar Parker
Fields Corner
Janowski Wins Final Match in Lexington Chess Series
David Janowski defeated Jackson W. Showalter 11th and final game in Lexington to claim the $1000 purse. Showalter, former American champion, represented Georgetown, Kentucky, while Janowski held the French championship title.
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David Janowski
France
Jackson W. Showalter
Georgetown
Rail chiefs threaten action over Adamson act benefits
Four chiefs signed a cryptic statement alleging railroad attitude could wipe out benefits from the Adamson act and saying the situation will be presented to the membership. They refused to confirm if this signals another strike vote like the eight hour day campaign.
Conductor Patrick J Barrett Dies After Fateful Melrose Incident
Patrick J Barrett 57 of Ash Street Reading a Boston and Maine conductor collapsed on a fast train outside Malden. He died at Melrose Hospital from heart trouble after being removed from the train. Barrett joined B M in 1879 was promoted in 1890 and had run local trains since then. He is survived by his wife.
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Boston
Anniversaries and War Time Events Note
Rudyard Kipling born 1565 remembered as poet and novelist. Buffalo burned by the British in 1813 is cited. German aeroplanes raided Dunkirk in 1914 with fifteen killed.
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Rudyard Kipling
Dunkirk
Forecast for Boston Area Weekend Weather
Fair and continued cold conditions expected Saturday and Sunday with moderate westerly winds becoming variable. No England forecast indicates fair conditions for Saturday and Sunday with no notable temperature change.
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Vicinity
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