Governor to Name Trustees for Boston and Maine Control
Governor Walsh plans to send a list of potential Boston and Maine trustees to Washington within days. Names floated include Alvah Crocker, A Lawrence Lowell, and Gardiner M Lane. He aims to ensure Massachusetts has a strong voice in any sale and to protect New England interests.
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Walsh
Washington
Mr. Matthews
Alvah Crocker
A. Lawrence Lowell
Gardiner M. Lane
Boston
Washington and &C
McReynolds
Massachusetts
Sullivan
Finance Commission
John R. Murphy
Charlestown
Lomasney
McDonald to Stay as B and M President Until Successor Chosen
After Morris McDonald resigned as president of the Boston and Maine railroad a three director committee was named to consider his successor. McDonald will remain as presiding officer until a successor is named and the board of trustees takes over the New Haven holdings to separate the systems. The directorate reorganization will follow the trusteeship appointment.
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Morris McDonald
Boston & Maine Railroad
McDonald
New Haven
Boston & Maine Road
Boston & Maine
Cant Beat Tiz When Feet Hurt Ad Claim
An advertisement promotes TIZ foot bath products claiming instant relief for sore corns callouses bunions and tired feet. It touts happiness for dancing feet and urges a 25 cent box purchase from drug or department stores.
McDonald Secrecy on Boston and Maine Leadership Bid
President McDonald and the Boston and Maine board refuse to reveal the nominating committee for a new president. Rumors name Samuel Carr, Samuel Morse Fenton, and several Boston & Maine officials as possibles. The full board, including Morris McDonald and Lucius Tuttle, convened with few absentees as talks continue amid a looming federal trusteeship.
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McDonald
Samuel Carr
Mr. McDonald
Samuel Morse Fenton
Chicago Great Western
Howard Elfett
New Haven Railroad
Fenton
Boston & Maine
Rumor
Benjamin R. Pollock
William J. Hotts
H. J. Folsom
Connecticut & Passumpsic
Benjamin Campbell
New Haven
Morris McDonald
Lucius Tuttle
James M. Prendergast
Richard Olney
Alexander Cochrane
Frederick Dumaine
Edwin F. Greene
Charles W. Bosworth
Edward B. Winslow
Frank P. Carpenter
James D. Upham
George H. Prouty
Vermont
Fred E. Richards
Portland
Edward P. Ricker
South Poland
Alvah W. Sulloway
Franklin
N. H
Boston & Maine Restores Part of 2 M. Division Schedule
The Boston and Maine announces partial restoration of service after tower repairs. On Thursday 41 trains return to the Portland division schedule with Medford branch timetable adjustments and minor running-time tweaks on the Saugus and Marblehead branches. Fitchburg division adds 16 trains on Friday, and the southern division resumes 17 trains on Saturday as the first step to full North Station capacity.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Tower A
Portland
Medford
Board of Trade
Saugus
Marblehead
Fitchburg
Southern
Melrose Couple Celebrates Fifth Wedding Anniversary
Melrose February 10 Mr and Mrs Willis P Shumway marked their fifth wedding anniversary with an informal whist and dancing party at Wastman Hall. About 100 guests from Boston Brookline Newton Swampscott attended. The hall was decorated with palms and flowers by Casey and lunch provided by Dill. The couple were fondly remembered and the event described as a pleasant social occasion.
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Melrose
Willis P. Shumway
Wastman Hall
Boston
Brookline
Newton
Swampscott
Casey
Dill
Boston Witnesses Hear Anti trust Reform Hearings
Hearings on proposed administration trust reform measures continued before the House judiciary and interstate commerce committees with over a dozen witnesses. F K Fernald representing a medicine company Frank W Whitcher of Boston and A C Thomas of Sandy Springs Md were called before the judiciary committee by Chairman Clayton.
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Washington
House
Judiciary
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
F. K. Fernald
Medicine
Frank W. Whitcher
Boston
A. C., Thomas
Sandy Springs
Judiciary Committee
Clayton
Settlement of Home Rule Question Held Up
Parliament debates Ireland bill as Ulster exclusion and plebiscite options surface. Asquith Morley and Lloyd George seek acceptance of settlements while Ulster Unionists threaten civil war if excluded from Irish home rule.
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Asquith
Lord Morley
Ulster
Austen Chamberlain
House of Commons
Walter Long
Ireland
Long
United Kingdom
Holace Plunkett
Mr. Asquith
Appreciation for Post Editorial
James T. Barrett writes from Cambridge Mass praising the Boston Post for its Irish home rule editorial. He commends the paper for presenting the aspirations of the Irish people and liberty lovers supporting local self-government for Ireland. The letter appears in the February 10 1914 issue.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Ireland
Boston Post
James T. Barrett
Cambridge
Mass
Sailor Skater Dies on Ice Near Newport Pond
Antone Maury, a sailor aboard the yacht Aloha owned by Commodore Arthur Curtis James of the New York Yacht Club, skated to his death on thin ice at Eastons Pond near Newport. The body was recovered.
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Newport, R. I
Antone Maury
Arthur Curtis James
New York Yacht Club
Easton's Pond
Emmeline Pankhurst Tricks City Police in London
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst returning from Switzerland taunted the government from Campden Hill square and challenged arrest. A woman posed as her and sparked a scuffle as seven others were detained for obstruction and assault. Police watched the house overnight amid questions over Pankhurst’s presence. Sylvia Pankhurst spoken of a future people’s army. The suffragists largely absent from Parliament opening protests. Bishop of London siege called off.
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London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Switzerland
Campden Hill Square
Mrs. Pankhurst
Sylvia Pankhurst
People's Army
Sir Edward Carson
Ulster Army
Mayor demands reasons for city salary increases
Mayor Curley orders department heads to justify salary increases given recently as he cuts payroll by over 90000. He says action on increases during the Fitzgerald era was taken without proper consultation and awaits written explanations, leaving many workers anxious about potential further cuts.
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Curley
Fitzgerald
Ex-Mayor Fitzgerald Plans Three-Week Southern Holiday
Ex-mayor Fitzgerald will begin a three week vacation starting next week. He will tour the South stop at Palm Beach and possibly Havana with Mrs Fitzgerald and the Fitzgeralds. The party may include Major Thomas Walsh and Colonel Edward Logan before he resumes campaigning for New England.
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Fitzgerald
South
Palm Beach
Havana
Boston
James T. Fitzgerald
Thomas Walsh
Walsh
Edward Logan
Ninth Regiment
New England
Derelict Wambach Menace To Shipping
The British schooner Carrie M. Wambach, sailing from Halifax for Ingramsport and Demerara, was reported adrift as a dangerous derelict in the Atlantic at 39.05 N 52.40 W. The steamer Princess Irene spotted the wreck after passing Sunday, noting it as a navigation menace following a gale that caused the loss.
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Newport
R. I
Carrie M. Wambach
Princess Irene
Mediterranean
New York
Wambach
Halifax
Ingramsport
Demerara
Bill to locate farm product markets in state colleges
A bill introduced by Representative Jaceway Arkansas would establish marketing departments in agricultural colleges to curb waste in poultry eggs and other farm products. The measure has approval from Assistant Secretary Galloway and Agriculture Committee Chairman Lever.
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Washington
Jaceway
Arkansas
Galloway
Department of Agriculture
Lever
House Committee On Agriculture
Confer on Miners' Scale Begins With UMWA In Attendance
A conference opened in Philadelphia with about 20 000 organized soft coal mine workers from Western Pennsylvania Illinois Ohio and Indiana meeting operators to set a new wage scale replacing the current agreement due to expire April 1. President White of the United Mine Workers of America expects a satisfactory settlement.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
White
United Mine Workers of America
Earthquake Felt Across Nine States in Disturbing Shocks
The tremor rattled Montpelier’s Blanchard block disabling lights and adding machines and sent a Burlington Sherwood House occupant to the floor. Northern New York towns reported strong shocks prompting residents to flee outdoors as windows shattered. In West Springfield the quake even rang a doorbell.
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Blanchard
Main Street
Montpelier
Burlington
New York
West Springfield
Earthquake Shocks Felt Across 9 States Including New York
A major quake struck the northeastern United States around 1 80 pm, lasting 15 to 30 seconds. Tremors reached Washington and St Louis while New York City and most of New York State felt the strongest effects.
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Washington
St. Louis
New York
United States
New York State
Canada
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York City
Atlantic
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