White House Denies Break Between Wilson and Colonel House
Washington reports at the White House deny a rupture with Colonel House despite visitors in New York noting a rift in the famous friendship. A Democratic leader quoted House saying the President should have stated a third term position earlier. House also purportedly named Secretary of War Baker as Wilson’s preferred Democratic nominee, with shared political views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Colonel House
New York
Wilson
War Baker
Baker
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Ad Promises Digestive Ease
Advertisement claims Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets aid digestion after meals, reduce stomach unrest and morning biliousness, and improve breakfast appetite. It touts prevention and sociable dining, noting availability in drug stores across the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
United States
Canada
Marriage Intensions List Couples From Charlestown and Dorchester
A long list of marriage intentions shows pairs including John O G Barrett with Many G Connolly of Charlestown and Dorchester spouses, plus Alfred A Lesser with Minnie Assner of Dorchester. Other pairs include William Jordan and Elizabeth Lane, Michael Cunningham and Eva P Palmer, and many more across Boston and surrounding areas.
Fine Black Rabbit Finds Refuge at Rescue League
A black rabbit named Bunny wandered from home into Roxbury Crossing police station seeking help and luck. Officers note a rabbit's foot superstition as Bunny rests at the Animal Rescue League with four feet and a bright, silky appearance despite a touchy temperament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Rabbit
Animal Rescue League
Bunny
Roxbury Crossing
The
Dorchester and Watertown Residents Listed in Local Notices
The passage lists several individuals with ages occupations and street addresses including John Tenore 88 baker 47 Charter St Dorchester, Caterina Lincartello 23 talloress 466 Commercial St Dorchester, Cornelius J. Geden 26 foreman 167 Centre St Dorchester, Bertha A. Kirchgaser 27 at home 41 Batley St Dorchester, Robert J. Kelley 45 salesman 56 Wland Ave Dorchester, Elizabeth J. James 31 at home divorced 39 Peterborough, Peter Inglano 36 rubber worker 17 Spring St Watertown, Olga Moerella 26 milliner 900 Huntington Ave.
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John Tenore
Baker
Charter St
Caterina Lincartello
Talloress
Commercial St
Cornelius J. Geden
Foreman
Centre St
Dorchester
Bertha A. Kirchgasener
Batley St
Robert J. Kelley
Westland Ave
Elizabeth J. James
Peterborost
Peter Inglano
Spring
Watertown
Olga Moerella
Huntington Ave
Bevans and Melville Named as Estimator and Clerk
William J. Bevans aged 25 of 23 Cottage Ave. is listed as an estimator, while Margaret B. Melville aged 24 of 34 Dickinson St. is documented as a clerk.
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William J. Bevans
Cottage Ave
Margaret B. Melville
Dickinson St
Pajamas and Sleepwalking Alibi in Hotel Robbery Case
New York police report H. F. Shelley and M. J. Gray used silk pajamas as disguises for sleepwalking alibis during thefts at leading hotels. Detectives allege the duo planned to feign sleep to avoid interruption while stealing valuables worth thousands. Both suspects were remanded in $2500 bail each for further hearing.
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New York
H. FE. Shelley
M. J. Gray
Shelley
Gray
Public Hearing Sought on Dumping Ground Permit
Representative Thomas A. Niland has secured a public hearing with Health Commissioner Woodward on the Boston Sanitary and Development Company dumping refuse at Orient Heights East Boston. The hearing on the permit will be Friday January 2 at 8 p.m. in the health department hearing room City Hall Annex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Niland
Boston Sanitary and Development Company
Orient Heights
East Boston
Commissioner of Health
Woodward
Health Department
City Hall Annex
Treaty deadlock persists amid Senate factions and Lodge stance
Washington report notes no clear sign of a break in the treaty stalemate despite conferences during the Christmas recess. Senator Lodge maintains the pact lacks parliamentary status and would require formal withdrawal by President Wilson and resubmission. He says passage hinges on adopting the majority’s reservations.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge
Wilson
Senate Deadlock Over Wilson Peace Treaty Compromise
Senate Democrats and Republicans remain in the dark on acceptable compromises to the peace treaty as big business pressure pushes for action. Lodge signals a possible change to the preamble while King of Utah proposes shifting responsibility to Congress. The core issue remains whether two thirds will back any reservation committing the United States to defend allied territory. Leadership clashes between Hitchcock and Underwood shape the debate.
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Senate
United States
Congress
Hitchcock
White House
Wilson
Lodge
Great Britain
France
Japan
Italy
Committee On Foreign Relations
King
Utah
Underwood
Reservation authorship in treaty debates noted
The article cites Lodge Lenroot and McCumber as authors of key reservations. Lenroot's demand seeks equal voting strength in the league assembly for the United States, while McCumber's Section 10 reservation, deemed by President Wilson as crippling, targets the treaty's core.
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Senator Lodge
Lenroot
Assembly of the
League For the United States
McCumber
Wilson
Salt Lake City
City Schedule Of Evening Events And Anniversaries
Today features scientific society meetings at MIT and Harvard, a Zionist conference at Harvard Union, and lectures by Dr. Leon Vincent. Community events include Bromfield Street Church anniversary banquet, a Deaf Society ball at Huntington Hall, Moose New Year frolic, and church centennials in Jamaica Plain and Dedham with a late New Year community sing at Parkman Bandstand.
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Society of American Bacteriologists
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rogers Hall
Peabody Museum
The
Intercollegiate Zionist Association
Harvard Union
Cambridge
Leon H. Vincent
Romanté of
Cornwall
Sir Arthur Quiller Couch
Pilgrim ‘Hall
Women
Bromfield Street
Tremont Street
M. E
National Society of Deaf
Huntington Chambers Hall
Huntington Avenue
Ston Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Jordan Hall
First Congregational Society Unitarijan
Church Corner Centre
Eliot Streets
Jamaica Plain
First Congregational Church
Dedham
Parkman Bandstand
War Camp Community Service
Damage claims allowed by Mc Cook total 65 thousand
Fifty three damage claims against the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company totaling 65 737 were allowed by special master Philip J Mc Cook in a report to Federal Judge Julius M Mayer. Nine Malbone street wreck claims totaling 27 141 were allowed with one claimant awarded 16 500.
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New York
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Philip J. McCook
Julius M. Mayer
Malbone Street Tunnel
Two Haverhill Wood Heel Plants to Close Tomorrow
The Slipper City Wood Heel Company and the F. W. Mears Wood Heel Company in Haverhill will shut down tomorrow night. Over 350 workers will lose jobs as management fails to reach agreement with the Wood Heel Workers' Union over a new price list.
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Haverhill
Slipper City Wood Heel Company
F. W. Mears Wood Heel Company
Fred W. Mears
Wood Heel Workers’ Union
Wages Dispute Triggers Unions and Shoe Factory Strike
Union workers push for about 35 percent in wage increases. In the turning room wages ranged from 26 to 40 a week. A Wood Heel Manufacturers' Association conference with the union failed to yield an agreement. The union called the manufacturers’ offer insulting and not arbitable. The Liberty & Durkin Shoe Co strike, ongoing a week, was settled today.
Workers Set To Return After New Price List Agreement
Workers will go back to work tomorrow morning following the signing of a new price list agreement today. The pact outlines revised pay and schedules as part of the contract settlement.
Lawyer William Grant Webster A Long Legal Career
William Grant Webster, a New York lawyer once based in Chicago, practiced in Robert T. Lincoln's office, and was a Senate candidate from Illinois in 196 and 198. He founded Cleveland Law School in 1897 and served as its dean. He taught at Rhode Island and John Marshall Law Schools and graduated from Harvard in 1886.
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New York
William Grant Webster
Chicago
Robert T. Lincoln
United States
Iinois
Cleveland Law School
Rhode Island Law School
John Marshall Law School
Harvard
Man Dies From Gas Poisoning In Home Moonshine Stove
Oscar Swensen was found dead in New York lodgings from gas poisoning. Police say a home-made gas stove moonshine still boiled over and flooded the room after the light was extinguished, causing fatal gas exposure. A gallon can with a gooseneck tube and a brown liquid were found atop the stove.
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New York
Oscar Swensen
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Col. House and Wilson
John OG. Barrett
Chestnut St
Charlestown
G. Connolly
Alexander St
Philip Tavars
Middlesex St
Edith Coaxum
Cumston St
Alfred A. Lesser
Fowler
Minnie Assner
Washington St
William Jordan
Carver St
Elizabeth Lane
Main St
Michael J. Cunningham
BP Phillips
Roxbury
Eva P. Palmer
Everett St
Everett
Robert L. Coates
Blaine St
Allston
Mildred A. Leacy
Joseph Tucker
Quincey St
Minnie Goldenberg
Myrtle St
Malcolm Sweenie
Colberg Ave
Roslindale
Margaret McNaughton
Ellis Island
N. Y
Herbert A. Wheeler
Milton Ave
Gertrude M. Barrett
Howard W., Heath
Astor St
Mabel Seward
Medford
Enrico de Santis
Canterbury St
Rose de Benedetto
Somerville
Robert EB. Perry
Enaf
Brown Jer
Medge V. Dunlap
Parley Vale
Tiffany Favrile
Fairyland
Shreve, Crump and Low Company
Boston
Massachusetts
Robert L. Norton
Erminie
Zaysa
Cotton Town
Ame
Victor Records
Heart Emilio de Gogorza
Hymn
Mischa Elman
Geraldine Farrar
Don Pasquale
Cavatina
Amelita Galli
Curci
John McCormack
Philadelphia Orchestra
Renato Zanelli
Albert Campbell and
Henry Burr
Babe
Come
Victor
Wandarful
Joseph C. Smith
Sterling Trio
Maryland
Shannon Four Gems
Victor Light Opera Company
Gems
Victrola
Pietro Pietro
All Star
Billy Murray
Kcan
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden, N. J
Starrett Fields, Inc
Masons
Vassar St
Norwell St
Dorchester Yard
M’cook
Walter D Murphy
Order of
United Commercial Travelers of America
Colombas
Ohio
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