Somerville Crime Trio In Custody After Druggist Killing
Police report a Somerville gang case tying Gilmore Killian and Kelson to the murder of Druggist Bushee at his storefront. Kelson, 25, and Killian admit planning the crime. Gilmore, 6 ft 2 in, is said to have struck Bushee. Kelson will likely testify, while all three face Middlesex grand jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri
Gilmore
Oscar L. Kelson
Somerville
John Joseph Killian
City
Carter
Dammery
Somerville Police
Rogues’ Gallery
Bushee
Middlesex Grand
Young Killian
East Boston
Kelson
W. R. Scharton
Thomas A. Mullen
Killian
Mullen
Kilian
Boston
Dudley Street
Washington
Northampton Streets
Four nations to take part in 20000 mile New York to Paris auto race
The Times Square start will feature 16 drivers in six cars in a world spanning rally. French entries join American Italian and German reps as teams race from New York to Paris via Frisco Alaska Behring Strait Siberia and Moscow. Several entrants carry Pekin Paris or Arctic expedition experience.
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New York
Paris
Times Square
Frisco
Alaska
Behring Strait
Siberia
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Berlin
America
Italy
Germany
Sibéria
Andree
Survival of the Fittest in the great auto dash across continents
Automobilists from San Francisco plan a 20,000 mile cross continental race starting by sea to Valdez and Seattle then across Alaska to Tanana. The punishing route passes Cheyenne Ogden Reno Sacramento and ends in Paris via Moscow and Berlin. Teams carry rifles tools and spare parts for survival and repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cheyenne
San Francisco
Chicago
Denver
Ogden
Reno
Sacramento
Frisco
Golden Gate
Valdez
Seattle
Alaskan
Tanana
Yukon River
Norton Sound
Deshnet
Siberia
Russia
Nijni Novgorod
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Paris
Somerville Youth Killian Arrested in Drugstore Assault
The youth known as Reddy, about 5 ft 9 in, 160 pounds with red hair, was arrested after an assault on an aged druggist. His mother, Mrs White, visited him in Somerville police custody. He had recently worked as an orderly at City Hospital and appeared dazed and emotional during questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bushee
Rooks
Boston
Milk Street
Kelson
Killian
Bow Street
Somerville
Harvard
White
Malden
Sin
Reddy
Fleet meets storm in Magellan Straits
The American torpedo boat flotilla sketched ahead with battleships from port but turned north at Smyth channel near the Magellan Straits to Tel Cahuano. Heavy seas scattered the warships yet all reported solid progress against strong winds.
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Smyth Channel
Magellan Strait
Telcahuano
Quick daylight run seals Chilean naval voyage to Callao
Rear Admiral Evans commands a fleet leaving Punta Arenas with torpedo boats. Chilian cruiser Chacabuco, led by Admiral Simpson, departs with a Chilean delegation aboard. Pilot Rosas assists the flotilla through Smyth Channel toward Tehuantepec and the Pacific. The American fleet pursues a daylight passage, passes Cape Pillar, and proceeds toward Callao with planned 21 gun salutes near Valparaiso.
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Evans
Punta Arenas
Chacabuco
Simpson
Rosas
Smyth Channel
Cape Pillar
Pacific Ocean
Teheahuano
Pants Props
Oritana
Magellan Strait
Cape Freward
South America
Pacific
The
Callao
Valparaiso
Acts Wonders on the Flesh X Zalia Liquid Ad
The product X Zalia is advertised as a skin remedy that relieves rash soreness and erases erup tions. It supposedly cleans wounds of proud flesh and promotes healthy healing while being safe for the most sensitive skin.
Engineers May Strike Over Coal Hoisting Wages
A strike threat by 150 coal hoisting engineers from Union 74 looms if a wage adjustment isn’t agreed. The union says employers last Monday accepted 1908 scale details but a meeting to sign the agreement could not be arranged. International Vice-President A M Huddell accompanied the men. employers were represented by Burton Jordan Winslow and Nelson. The schedule committee has full union authority and has notified international officers who backed the stance and authorized Huddell as disbursing agent if talks break down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International
A. M. Huddell
Messrs. Burton
Jordan
Winslow
Nelson
Huddell
Labor Notes from Boston K of L assemblies and unions
Regular meetings across multiple Boston area unions are reported. Activities include secret sessions on trade matters, dues collection, quarterly working cards, new member admissions, affiliate moves, wage talks, and planned social and educational events led by officers and organizers across Blacksmiths, Longshoremen, Steam Railroad Employees, Beamge and Transfer Teamsters, Market and Commission House Teamsters, and Protective Union groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Franklin Assembly
K. of L
Lincoln Hall
William Cassell
Theo H. Canning
James Kehoe
McMackin
William Corcoran
Sanitary Department
Duncan
A. F. of L
Washington
Frank Morrison
Boston
O'Connell Assembly
Assembly
Boston & Maine Railroad
Blacksmiths’ Unions
New England
Eliot Street
W. J. Dougherty
Beamge and Transfer Teamsters’ Union 612
Peter Watson
Market and Commission House Teamsters’ Union
Teamsters’ Joint District Council
John J. O'Connell
Philip H. Sweet
A. F
Boston & Maine Freight Handlers’ Assembly
Hot water pipes burst at Immanuel Baptist Dorchester
A hot water supply failure at Immanuel Baptist Church on Adams Street Dorchester forced all morning services to be held in a smaller vestry. The pastor Rev W W Evarts postponed the Sunday school anniversary celebration to next Sunday evening due to the church's cold condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Baptist Church
Adams Street
Dorchester
W. W. Evarts
Cold Finds Two Victims In Harsh Winter Night
A homeless 69 year old man James Connors collapsed at Tremont and Hollis streets. Found unconscious by Patrolman Muldoon and taken to City Hospital with frozen hands and feet. prognosis unfavorable. A second man, 88 year old George B McLean, also homeless, was found unconscious in front of 144 Hanover Street and is in serious condition. Julia Connors of Dorchester is named as his sister.
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James Connors
Tremont
Hollis
Muldoon
City Hospital
James
Julia Connors
Dorchester
George B. Mclean
Hanover Street
Heis
Morse Refuses Comment Aboard Etruria at Queenstown
In Queenstown on the steamship Etruria passenger C W Morse of New York declined to discuss his affairs saying he had nothing to say. Also aboard was Baron Takahira the new Japanese ambassador to the United States who is a passenger on the same ship.
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Queenstown
C. W. Morse
New York
Baron Takahira
United States
Boston
No Bill Found Against Ellen Giller
The case of Ellen G Giller 16 a former domestic of 223 Savin Hill Dorchester arrested last Wednesday on a charge of strangling her infant on Jan 21 while en route to St Marys Infant Asylum comes up in Dorchester Criminal Court before Judge Joseph R Churchill on a continuance. The grand jury returned a no bill against Miss Griller on the murder charge. She remains in Charles Street jail with bail refused and has a sister in Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen G. Giller
Savin Hill Avenue
Dorchester
Joseph Loughlin
St. Mary’s Infant Asylum
Dorchester Criminal Court
Joseph R. Churchill
Suffolk County
Miss Griller
Charles Street
Atantic
New Members Initiated in Clare Men’s Club
Five new candidates were initiated at a Clare Men’s Association meeting at 1208 Tremont Street yesterday. New officers installed by President P. J. Crotty include President William J. McMahon Vice President John J. Lynch Treasurer T. Russell Financial Secretary William Frost Recording Secretary John Carmody Corresponding Secretary P. J. Walsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Men’s Club
Clare Men's Association
Tremont Street
P. J. Crotty
Central Council of
Irish County Clubs
William J. McMahon
John J. Lynch
T. Russell
William Frost
John Carmody
P. J. Walsh
Brookline Fireman Rescues Runaway Sleigh Team
A Brookline fireman restrained two powerful horses hitched to a sleigh that bolted along Washington Street toward School Street last evening. Fireman Peter Mealey from the headquarters captured the team as they dashed past the fire house, bringing them to a stop.
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Washington Street
Brookline
School Street
Peter Mealey
Bridge Tender Rescues Boy At East Boston Icy Water
James J. Lyng, watchman of the Cot tage street footbridge to Wood Island Park, East Boston, rescued a nine year old boy who fell overboard from an ice cake near the shore. The rescuer heard shouts at dusk, waded in, and pulled the frightened child from the water. The boy fled before his name could be learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Lyng
Mr. Lyng
Cottage Street
Wood Island Park
Boston
Nantucket Is Ice Bound As Island Isolated By Ice
Nantucket, Feb. 9. For the first time this winter the island was isolated by an unbroken field of hard ice extending 10 miles northward, barring all communication with the mainland except by cable. The steamer Nantucket failed to break through after four hours of effort. a supply of provisions and coal exists but ongoing cold could bring hardships.
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Nantucket
Roxbury Horse Guards 46th Annual Banquet
The Roxbury Horse Guards hold their 46th annual banquet at Copley Square Hotel tonight with speakers Major William Perrins and Senator James H. Vahey. State military leaders are expected to attend and every troop member promises to be present.
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Roxbury Horse Guards
Copley Square Hotel
William ©. Perrins
James H. Vahey
Major Delmar's Owner Buys Famous Sweet Marie
Philadelphia February 9 announcement states H T Stotesbury sold the famous trotter Sweet Marie 2 02 to A Bradley of Red Bank New Jersey owner of Major Delmar 1 59 1 4 The price paid for the mare was announced
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Delmar
Philadelphia
H. T. Stotesbury
Sweet Marie
A.#. Bradley
Red Bank
N. J
Delmar
Bradley
Norton defies B and A over fare and seats in Newton
Henry A. Norton threatens a suit for 13 cents after refusing to pay fare from Newton to Boston due to no seats. He calls for public action, criticizes the B and A system as mismanaged, and notes support from Wellesley patrons. A mass meeting is planned in West Newton to pursue better service. Norton resides at 2% Otis Street, Newtonville.
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Newton
Boston & Albany
Henry A. Norton
Mr. Norton
Wellesley
Boston
West Newton
Norton
Otis Street
Newtonville
Raid on 40 Women Mediums in Pittsburg
Authorities raid North Side alleged mediums and fortune tellers in Pittsburg. Forty women are taken into custody and held in bail set at 30 dollars each for a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Penn
Warlike Moves Alarm Europe over Balkans Tensions
Austria seeks no political victory but aims to strengthen its economic position in the Balkans. Russia protests further exploitation of Balkan ambitions as Turkey arms 100000 troops. Italy forecasts a clash between Russia and Turkey in the spring while Austria pursues a railway through Salonika.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Balkans
Turkey
Salonika
Russia
Telegraphers Oppose Railroads on Nine-Hour Day Extension
Local telegraphers denounced railroad efforts to delay the nine hour day and passed resolutions to send to the congressional committee. They praised an interstate commerce commissioner who said railroads should not be excused from obeying the law despite higher wages.
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Congressional Committee
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
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Frederick Kelson
Clarendon Avenue
St. John
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Canadas
Frrench
Howard G. Reynolds
Unasaki
Cape
Fleet
STORM
Magellan Straits
LABOR
Morse
Ellen Giller
Henry Siegel Co
Meltons
South
Hutchinson
Garcia
Best Cofper
Hesco
Hesco Coffee
Yin
Consomme Royale
Consomme
Olga
Potage A
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Brotled Schrod
ASB
Bnei
New Orleans
Maryland
Europe
Callahan-A
Whiskey
the House of
John F. Callahan & Co
Federal Street
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