Plans 10 Free Grip on Lands
London January 31 The Liberal avowed aim is rural regeneration and freeing the land from an unprofitable system. David Lloyd-George speaking at the National Liberal Club voiced the priority. He has long tied land reform to his fiscal policies amid Conservative accusations of Henry George style taxation.
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London
David Lloyd-George
National Liberal Club
Lloyd-George
Henry George
Great Britain
Lloyd George speech signals major push on social reforms
The chancellor says the unofficial land tenure commission findings will reveal shocking conditions for agricultural laborers with millions of people living in inadequate wages and housing. He accuses towns of land monopoly and vows government action within its reform program. The Conservative party attacks the commission for its secret probe.
Cathedral Mission Begins February 10 at Holy Cross
The Cathedral of the Holy Cross opens its annual Lent mission on February 10, the first Sunday in Lent, conducted by Jesuit fathers. The event splits into three weeks for women, men, and later doctrine instruction starting March 9.
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Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Nurse Girl Denies Firebug Confession
Barbara Arnold a 16 year old nurse girl testified at her trial for arson that her earlier confession to setting the Berlin Hotel fire which killed three people was obtained by the chief of detectives through promises of protection. She repudiated the confession and said no such admission was made as claimed.
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ST. Louis
Barbara Arnold
Berlin
State Probe Tracks Fake Charities In Boston Area
State authorities and the Boston Chamber of Commerce Investigation Bureau launch a broad probe into fraudulent charities. The Children’s Health Fund charter was recalled in court, with $25,000 bequest tied to Brookline, while The Children’s Hope Music House and its leader Miss G N Dow face scrutiny amid reports of mystery and suspected fraud tied to Cambridge and Saxonville operations.
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Children’s Health Fund
State Board of Charity
Attorny General’s Office
Children’s Hope Music House
Cambridge
Attorney General's Office
Loyde B. Hayes
Boston Chamber of Commerce Investigation Bureau
Kelso
Supreme Judicial Court
Joseph Leighton
Brookline
Attorney-General
G. N. Dow
Saxonville
Miss Dow
Hayes
Chamber of Commerce
Saxonville House
Children’s Hope Music Home
Darlington
Dow
Arraign Mrs Powers Today In Lynn Murder Case
Mrs Elizabeth Powers of Lynn is to be arraigned for murder today at a special Lynn court session before Judge Lummox. Fear of insanity prompted the arraignment after she killed her husband with a wooden screw last Sunday. Sixteen witnesses are listed, four from Charlestown where the couple lived until last April.
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Elizabeth Fowers
Lynn
Lummox
Lynn Court
Charlestown
Worcester Forms Unified Chamber to Boost Worcester
At a Worcester meeting of merchants manufacturers and Board of Trade members a Chamber of Commerce for all Worcester county was organized. Dues from 10 to 300 dollars yearly will be based on Dun and Bradstreet ratings and officers will be elected next week as the old Board of Trade dissolves to boost Worcester.
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Worcester
Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Worcester County
Dun and
Bradstreet
Munyon's Cold Remedy Claims Quick Cure Promise
An old fashioned advertisement touts a 25 cent bottle of Munyon's cold remedy with a money back satisfaction guarantee. It claims rapid relief for head cold symptoms and prevention of pneumonia bronchitis grippe and other illnesses, and also promotes Paw-Paw Pills for various digestive and liver complaints.
Washington social arbiter to plant new tree after clash
Mrs John B Henderson a social leader in the capital directed workmen to cut a tree blocking the Avenue of Presidents from her home Henderson Castle. A warrant for her arrest was issued but later dropped as authorities prepared to prosecute the laborers. She proposed replacing the tree to save the men from prosecution.
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Washington
John B. Henderson
Sixteenth Street
City Surplus Drops After 1912 13 Fiscal Year
Boston ended 1912 13 with a surplus near 500000 Mayor Fitzgerald announced last night. He contrasted this with 1048000 for 1911 12 and about 1400000 two years earlier. He blamed higher state taxes and school levies for the decline despite public improvements and higher police and fire pay.
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Boston
Fitzgerald
Hibbard
Burton Holmes Lecture Showed Glories of India at Tremont Temple
Burton Holmes presented a slide lecture on The Glories of India at Tremont Temple last evening. Images of Benares cremation rites Agra mosques Calcutta and Himalayan peaks led to Mt Everest, with motion and still views vividly describing Indian life and scenery. The same discourse repeats this afternoon.
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Burton Holmes
Tremont Temple
India
Benares
Agra
Calcutta
Everest
Heaven
Olive Tablets Oil the Bowels by Dr Edwards Ad
The ad promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safer substitute for Calomel to stimulate liver and bowels. It claims mild yet effective action, with olive oil and vegetable compounds, and cites 10 and 25 cent box prices from the Olive Tablet Co in Columbus Ohio.
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Dr. Edwards
Rise in Lemon Prices Expected in Boston Market
Traders foresee lemon prices jumping from 50 to 60 cents a dozen as a frost in California cripples about eight percent of the crop. Boston’s lemon stock is unusually thin with only a few hundred boxes available, versus a normal 2500. Current supply comes from Palermo with Mesina and Sorrento ports soon shipping, while a high tariff allegedly shields California’s monopoly.
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California
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Fruit and Produce Exchange
Palermo
Italy
Messina
Sorrento
Appoint Assistants Vote Registrars
City Hall announced the appointment of John W. Davis Jr of 28 Draper Street Ward 20 as assistant registrar of voters replacing the late Harry Fog rty. Thomas I Mansfield Ward 2 Democratic chair and former City Council candidate was named assistant registrar replacing the late Thomas Delehanty.
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City Hall
John W. Davis, Jr
Draper Street
Election Board
Harry Fogerty
Thomas I. Mansfield
Democratic Committee
Thomas Delehanty
Indictments Framed as Grand Jury Seeks Letters
Federal grand jury indictments against three top officers of the New York New Haven Hartford and Grand Trunk Railways prompt a request to examine letters between Grand Trunk President Chamberlin Ezra Baker of the New Haven and Grand Trunk director chair Smithers. The petition notes complaints by Tompkins Delevan and others seeking cancellation of Rutland Railroad stock purchase. The commission had authorized the Rutland stock purchase in May 1912.
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Federal Grand Jury
New England
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Grand Trunk Railways
E. J. Chamberlin
Grand Trunk
Ezra Baker
New Haven
Alfred W. Smithers
Grand Trunk Board of Directors
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Rutland Railroad Company
Rutland Company
Rutland
Subpena Served On Chamberlin In Anti-Monopoly Case
A subpena was served on Mr. Chamberlin ordering him to produce letters before the grand jury on Feb. 6. The letters may illuminate the alleged traffic agreement behind indictments against President Mellen of the New Haven, and Messrs Chamberlin and Smithers. Presidents Mellen and Chamberlin entered tentative not guilty pleas and were given until Feb. 10 to change them.
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Chamberlin
Mellen
New Haven
Messrs
Smithers
McNary Urges Waterway Development for New England
Hon. William S. McNary, chair of the Harbor and Land Commission, urged development of the Connecticut and Merrimac Rivers, Lynn and Plymouth Harbors, and favored widening the Cape Cod Canal. He said Panama and Cape Cod Canals will boost New England commerce and inland waterway needs. The state will fund half Plymouth Harbor work and assist river improvements with new locks. New Bedford and Fall River loom large, while Salem Harbor is described as poor.
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Harbor and Land Commission
Master Builders’ Association
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Merrimac
Lynn
Plymouth
Cape Cod Canal
Panama Canal
New England
State Commission
United States
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Windsor
New Bedford
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Lynn Harbor
Salem
Local man Charles Watts dies by suicide at home
Charles E. Watts of 16 Warrenton Street South End shot himself in the right temple yesterday and died instantly. A former bartender he had been ill for over two years and became despondent over his inability to work.
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Charles E. Watts
Warrenton Street
South End
Watts
Loot of slain thieves found in safety deposit box
Gems worth thousands of dollars and stolen stocks and bonds were found today in a downtown safety deposit vault. Five life insurance policies and other valuables were crammed into the box, tied to a gunfight that left two thieves dead last November in New York.
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New York
Robbery Couple Die in Standoff Over Box Loot
Henry Vogel and his wife stored loot in a lock box they rented with a detective killed during a confrontation as police aimed to seize them. Mrs. Sidney Bernheimer obtained a court order to open the box and identified 4000 dollars in gems as her property. Police seized the rest, including seven thousand dollars in bonds and stock shares.
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Henry Vogel
Vogel
Sidney Bernheimer
Alfred J Stern
Real estate dealer Sidney Elliott commits suicide in Auburn
Sidney K. Elliott, 54, a local Auburn real estate dealer, died by self-inflicted gunshot in a stable near his home. Authorities attribute his despondency over his wife's death as the sole cause, noting his business affairs were reported in good order.
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Auburn, Mo
Sidney K. Elliott
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