H C L Bills Lose On Hill
On Beacon Hill the high cost of living measures faltered. The House sent to the General Court Rep Carr Hopkinton’s proposal to let cities and towns run basic services. Public health panel said no new laws needed to regulate cold storage sales and Rules panel opposed coal price legislation.
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Andi
Beacon Hill
House of Representatives
Representative Carr
Hopkinton
Committee On Public Health
House Committee On Rules
Against Haste in Enlistment Warns MIT Students
MIT President Richard C. Maclaurin told students in Smith Hall to avoid rushing to enlist in the crisis. He urged patience while affirming there would be a need for the institute’s men, stressing calm service once the country defines its needs.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Richard C. Maclaurin
Institute
Smith Hall
Tech
Belgian Relief Commission Affirms German Safeguards
London dispatch reports German assurances that feeding civilians in Belgium and northern France will not be interfered with. American agents of the Belgian Relief Commission may operate in occupied zones unless war is declared, when they would receive safe conduct.
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London
Belgium
France
Belgian Relief Commission
Commission
Relief shipments to Belgium amid war routing dispute
The organization would continue in war but halt distributing supplies and unload cargoes in Rotterdam. Belgium relief is improved, hindered only by routing hurdles in the submarine zone. Germany seeks a north of Scotland route while Britain demands the English Channel via Falmouth. a compromise is hoped to resume regular sailings.
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United States
Germany
Rotterdam
Belgium
Scotland
English Channel
Falmouth
State Department expects no German move against relief commission
Washington reports the State Department believes Germany would not oust the relief commission. It notes Germany’s note of Dec 11 expressing hope the relief work not be impaired by mis representations. Anxiety over delayed sailings prompts possible appeal to the Spanish ambassador to Berlin to expedite reaffirmation of Belgian relief ship immunity.
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Washington
State Department
Germany
Relief Commission
Entente
London
Commission
Berlin
Pelletier challenges Bell over probation officer supervision
District Attorney Pelletier criticized Judge Bell's order appointing Mr. Catheron as probation officer saying no law allows a Superior Court judge to appoint a supervisor over all probation officers in the county. He questioned the judge's authority and cited the press notices of the order.
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Pelletier
Judge Bell could appoint probation officer for his court
Essex county judge Bell would have power to appoint a probation officer and bring a Beverly man to direct Mr Sergent in Boston Municipal Court, opposing such appointments across multiple courts and urging respect for home rule and county rights.
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Bell
Essex County
Beverly
Sergent
Bolster
City of
Boston
Logan
South
Churchill
Dorchester
Perrins
West Roxbury
Connolly
Brighton
Sullivan
Charlestown
Barnes
Bossom
Chelsea
Reaffirmed Catheron Appointment Faces Salary Standstill
Judge Bell reaffirmed Allison G. Catheron as chief probation officer of Suffolk County. The district attorney contesting the move cites residence and alleged anti Catholic activity. Mayor Curley has not revoked Catheron’s salary suspension, and further legal review is pending.
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Bell
Superior Court
Allison G. Catheron
Beverly
Superior Criminal Court of
Suffolk County
Pelletier
Catheron
Curley
Sullivan
Flynn
Aiken
V Flynn
Mr. Pelletier
Hope U S Will Not Enter War
Entente diplomats in Washington express hope the United States will not join the war. They fear Germany could provoke a break to keep American munitions from reaching the Entente, risking cuts to imports and prompting the U S to withhold supplies at home.
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Washington
Entente
United States
Germany
FEW ENTERING THE MINISTRY FEW ENTERING THE MINISTRY
A United States Bureau of Education table shows shifts in career choices of college graduates from 1700 to 1900. The ministry dropped from 65.6 percent to 56.9 percent, while business rose from 1.6 to 18.8 percent and law from 1.8 to 15.6. Medicine remained steady around six to eight percent.
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United States Bureau of Education
Mahe City Workers Liable as Firemen
Everett city employees may be asked to assist Chief Joseph Swan in emergencies under a directive from Mayor John J. Mullen. The mayor ordered the fire chief to notify him when a two alarm fire is sounded and to call on city workers for help in big fires.
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Everett
Joseph T. Swan
Fire Department
John J. Mullen
Swan
Deny Liquor Vote To Women Vote
The legislative committee on election laws rejected bills allowing women to vote on the liquor question and proposed moving voting for licenses from municipal to state elections. With only a bare majority present for the license vote the measure was held for full committee polling.
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Legislative Committee On
Goodrich Company Tenders Services to Nation
Fred T Moore resident manager for the Goodrich Company reports a wire from Akron stating the executive committee has tendered its resources to President Wilson for any emergency. The article notes rubber’s wartime importance despite Germany’s needs and mentions the Deutschland submarine.
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Fred T. Moore
B. If’. Goodrich
Akron
Wilson
Germany
Rubber Giants Ready To Fuel War Effort
The United States return trips carried large cargoes of rubber and The B. F. Goodrich Company, a major rubber producer, is positioned to supply the wide range of rubber goods needed during wartime.
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United States
B. F. Goodrich Company
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Cooper Knitting Co
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Vermont
Black Cat Textile Co
Kenosha
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Delmer Eugene Croft
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New Haven
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Boston Moose Indorse
Peninsular Lodge of
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James A. Gallivan
New Haven, ‘Yreb
New York, New Haven & Hartford
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New York
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