Bay State Road Dispute Over Fares and Car Costs
Bay State road hearings reveal wage increases raise annual operating costs by 345652 dollars with 217215 dollars affecting motor men and conductors. Experts testify that 7 to 8 percent net income is needed to attract capital while critics push to abolish workingmen’s half fare.
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Bay State
Rue
Brown
Bay State Road
Ritchie
C. R. Wardwell
Arbitration Board
Robert M. Feustel
New York
Lawrence Chamberlain
Montclair
N. J
Hemphill, White and Chamberlain
Lewis B. Franklin
Guaranty Trust Company of
H. W. Addinsell
Harris, Forbes & Co
Jackson
Eastman
Chamberlain
Two Candidates for Haverhill Place On February Primary
Haverhill reports Christopher C. Cook and Edgar F. Shannon chosen as candidates to fill the aldermanic seat left vacant by the resignation of James W. Harris. Harris quit after a technicality showed he had never been a citizen. a special election is slated for next month.
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Haverhill
Christopher C. Cook
Edgar F. Shannon
James W. Harris
Harris
Palm Beach Winter Socialites Spot J J Phelan Wife
Mrs J J Phelan wife of J J Phelan of Hornblower Weeks enjoying Palm Beach season photographed starting a promenade escorted by J T Swain of New York. Boston and Brookline society figures winter at the beach. Somerville groups back a vocational school and a West Somerville general high school plan faces committee disagreement.
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J. J. Phelan
Hornblower & Weeks
Society
Palm Beach
Fla
J. T. Swain
New York
Boston
Brookline
J. T Swain
Palm Beach, Fla
City Divided Over New School in Somerville
Somerville faces a split over building a new high school. One group seeks a western general high school, another backs a central vocational school for easy pupil access. The present school serves 2134 students, the largest on record, with 714 pupils from west of Cedar street and overcrowded facilities.
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Winter Hill Improvement Association
Somerville Board of Trade
West
Somerville
Board of Aldermen
Cedar Street
West Somerville
Winter Hill
East Somerville
Woman Given Life Jail for Murder in Milford Tragedy
In New Haven on February 8 Mrs. Sophie Krause of Milford admitted guilty to second degree murder for drowning her two young children in a reservoir. Judge Reed imposed a life sentence after alienists ruled her mind sane.
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New Haven
Sophie Krause
Milford
Reed
Governor McCall and Port Directors Leader at Everett Board Dinner
Edward F. McSweeney the Port Directors chairman spoke at the Everett Board of Trade annual dinner at Whit tier Hall. Governor McCall attended as a guest and delivered a brief address to the gathering.
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Everett Trade Board
Edward F. McSweeney
Everett Board of Trade
Whittier Hall
Everett
Governor McCall
Germany Agrees to United States Demands in Lusitania Settlement
The German ambassador met Secretary Lansing after 4 30 PM in a 25 minute talk. Germany accepts U S demands for disavowal and full indemnity for Lusitania victims while not admitting the act as illegal. Germany offers to curb submarine warfare and cooperates with the United States to ensure freedom of the seas.
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State Department
Lansing
Germany
United States
Lusitania
Washington
Berlin
Husitania
Associated Press
Count von Bernstorff
Amor
Foreign Office
Great Britain
France
Tageblatt
Edward M. House
Wilson
Henry Morgenthau
Constantinople
Lusitania crisis described as settled in Berlin reports
Berlin reports from Washington authority claim the Lusitania crisis is as good as settled. The despatch, circulated in Berlin media but not published locally, mentions the assurance and notes other Berlin papers may have received similar notices.
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Berlin
London
New York
Frankfurter Zeitung
Washington
Lusitania
Ex Mayor of Quincy Bryant Dies at 87
Former Quincy mayor Charles M. Bryant died yesterday of pneumonia. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. from his Wollaston house, with Rev. Carl G. Horst officiating. Bryant, born in Lowell in 1857, served as mayor in 1902 1903 and 1904 and led the City Council several years. He led local clubs including Squantum Yacht Club and Wollaston Golf Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Bryant
Quincy
Fenno ‘Street
Wollaston
Carl G. Horst
Quincy Unitarian Church
Bryant
Lowell
Bridgewater
Squantum Yacht Club
Brookline Country Club
Mergantic Fish and Game Club
Wollaston Golf Club
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C. R. Rockwell
Thomas A. Niland
Fast Boston
Public Service Commission
House of Representatives
Bion J. Arnold
Arnold
Chicago
St. Louis
Elevated
New York City
Public Service Corporation
Arthur G. Wadleigh
Lynn
James P. Jackson
Gerry Brown
Brockton
Sheldon R Wardell
Commonwealth
Boston Elevated Railway
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
E. Gerry Brown
Krey Music CO
Muriel Waltz
My Honey
Zaree
William Tell
Century 1
Sybil Waite
Birmingham
Molly
Kentucky Buds Railroad
Jim Hill
Dale
Honey Bunch
Mine
Vales
Loveland Castle
Washington St
Pine
Ceylon
Asec
G. C. Blake
Usher
Gordon
Ginter
Union St
Cor
Canal St
Ginter Co
C. B. Brown Co
Alto
Ashington St
Bromfield St
Tremont St
U. S
Henry Burr
Victor
New England
M. Steinert & Sons Co
Uptown
Boylston St. Steinert Hall
Arch St
Franklin and
Milk Sts
Victrola
Total
el Victrola
Talking Machine Department
Fats
Jon Mike
Aveta
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden
Victor Library
Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co
Washington Street and
Cornhill
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