New Haven Officials Called To Testify In Inquiry
Second call sent to Charles S Mellen former president of the New Haven system and to Tim Byrnes former vice president, now in California, to testify before the Public Service Commission about payments for publicity and legislative expenses. Letters offered to keep open other opportunities and protect witnesses from questions. Proceedings continue with arguments on the evidence, including testimony about Wyman family payrolls and consultants tied to interstate commerce cases.
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New Haven
Charles S. Mellew
Fc Service Commission
Mellen
Tim E. Byrnes
the Road
California
Brynes Wis
Comm
Macleod
Issiv
Od Whitney Avenue
Arthur PD. Hill
Boston
James F. Curtis
Thomas J. Curley
William H. Coolidge
New
Clarence W. Barron
Boston News Bureau
Frederick J. Macleod
Commission
Howard Elliott
Wyman
Bruce Wyman
Harvard Law School
Two Killed During Coal Mine Riot in West Virginia
Deputy Sheriff Harry Lucas and miner James Smith were killed during a riot at West Virginia & Pittsburg Coal Company mines near Colliers on February 13 as a strike ongoing since September escalated. A third man was shot, identity not yet established, as deputies attempted to enter a striker’s house and fighting broke out.
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W. Va
Harry Lucas
James Smith
West Virginia & Pittsburg Coal Company
Fabre Liner Venezia Reaches Newport with Coal Load
The Fabre liner Venezia from Marseilles for New York, carrying 435 passengers and general freight, arrived at Newport, R. I., three days overdue. The vessel listed to port due to empty starboard bunkers and heavy icing while crews reported hands in good condition.
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Newport
R. T
Venezia
Marseilles
New York
Juniors Dance At Harvard Prom Lights Up Union Hall
Harvard juniors held their winter prom in the Harvard Union with 150 attendees from Boston New York Philadelphia and beyond. The event featured modern dances with 24 music pieces including one steps four waltzes and two steps. Supper followed late in a decorated dining room as prominent matrons of the Harvard social circle served as hostesses.
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Harvard
Harvard Union
Boston
New York
Tushington
Philadelphia
Tes
Union Building
Prom Committee
L‘roon
Harvard Sundance
A. Lawrence Lovell
BE. Bs Atkins
Frank J. Bradlee
William H. Claflin
Coomah
J. W. Courtney
St DeFord
H. Fessenden
Kuno Francke
J. Greenough
Co. T. Hardwick
Ss. Harwood
Augustus Hemenway
J. H. Hutchins
H. Lothrop
S. Mumford
Charles P. Barker
Edward Reynolds
HR. §. Russell
Thorndike
Walter H. Trumbull
E. S. Webster
R. D. Weston
W. Fr. Wharton
Bowler
Reynolds
Stevens
Butte Central Copper Co. sale authorized at bankruptcy court
Referee James M. Olmstead of the United States Bankruptcy Court yesterday granted authority to Austin M. Pinkham as trustee to sell the Butte Central Copper Company property. The Ophir quartz lode claim in Silver Bow County Montana, its engine house and other mining buildings are included in the sale.
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Butte Central Copper Company
Austin M. Pinkham
James M. Olmstead
United States Bankruptcy Court
Chaim
Silver Row County
Mont
Licensing Board Allows New Saloon at Massachusetts Ave
The Licensing Board yesterday granted permission to Lawrence Kennedy & Co. to open a saloon at 408 Massachusetts Avenue after a hearing with protests about the location. The firm formerly operated on Washington Street near Lagrange Street.
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Lawrence Kennedy & Co
Washington Street
Lagrange Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Salcom
Fitzgerald Urges Hub Trade Revival
Former Mayor Fitzgerald chairs Boston Chamber of Commerce foreign trade committee formed to work with the industrial development committee. A subcommittee will coordinate with city hall efforts to restore Boston as an export hub by securing direct steamship lines to South America and Panama with backing from banking, commercial, and manufacturing interests across New England.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
Fitzgerald
Chamber Ber
City Hall
Exmayor Witzgerald
Boston
New England
Tie
Foreign Trade Committee
South America
Panama
Boston Trade Slide Sparks Chamber Push to Regain Ocean Prestige
Chairman Fitzgerald reports Boston exports have fallen to sixth, trailing New York, Galveston, New Orleans, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. He urges the committee to study foreign trade, seize Manama Canal opportunities, and reclaim Boston’s former oceanic standing amid growing global activity.
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Fitzgerald Reau
Chamber of Commerce
Boston
New York
Galveston
New Orleans
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Manama Canal
Chamber Committee Reports on Trade Links and Tours
The group notes banking facilities in South America and Europe and direct steamship connections as key to foreign trade. The Chamber of Commerce directed a South American tour and cites a Europe visit two years prior as highlighting these features. John T. Witzgerald attended the meeting.
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South America
Europe
Chamber of Commerce
John T. Witzgerald
Two Carried Out At Fire In Dorchester Tenement
Elizabeth Barnes and baby were rescued from a three family house on Greenwich place Dorchester yesterday as smoke filled the rear hall. Mrs Mary McNamara confined to bed was aided to safety by her husband who tore a carpet to help her escape. The fire, started while occupants thawed frozen pipes, was quickly extinguished.
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Elizabeth Barnes
Mary McNamara
Greenwich Place
Dorchester
Barnes
Divorce Granted in Reynolds Case at Cambridge Court
George A. Reynolds of Somerville obtained a nisi decree in the Superior Divorce Court at Fast Cambridge yesterday. Edith A. Reynolds, once famed as a Boston beauty, left with George P. Bowler after squandering an inherited fortune of about 400000, then continued a years long pattern of extravagance and scandal that reached across the nation.
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George A. Reynolds
Somerville
Edith A. Reynolds
George Pendleton Bowler
Harvard
New York
Fast Cambridge
Hardy
Pleasant Street
Reynolds
Boston
George P. Harvard
Bowler
Commonwealth Avenue
Chief Lyons Accused of Passing Counterfeit Half Dollar
Watertown Chief of Police Thomas W. Lyons allegedly passed a counterfeit half dollar to a lunchroom clerk. Officers and bank clerks verified the coin’s false status, contradicting Lyons’s initial belief in its genuineness.
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Thomas W. Lyons
Watertown
Suit filed over eye injury to doctor’s child
Dr Frederick T Lord of 305 Iea con street filed a $10 000 bill of interrogatories in Suffolk Superior Court asking Miss Ellen M Creed to explain how his daughter Carol Lord then 11 caused an eye injury. Creed sued for $310000, alleging Carol with temper and neglect by her parents caused repeated assaults on attendants including Creed in 1912. Creed claims Carol struck Creed in the left eye on Sept 29 1912 impairing sight and seeks details of her leisure and care, noting physicians attended and care conditions.
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Frederick T. Lord
Suffolk
Miss Creed
Carol
Tre
Post Cane Man Dies in Manue Me
The obituary notes the death of William Soule aged about %d years in Manue Maine. He died after a period of weakness and illness. He lived with a son and is survived by a daughter Mrs Toward Underwood of Melrose Mass.
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Manue
Boston Ten
Livermore
William Soule
Hergf Man
Toward Underwood
Melrose
Mass
Will of James C. Gkile Cites Lost Cause Belief
The will filed in Clayton Missouri allocates an estate of about 1 million dollars. James C. Gkile, a member of the papal nobility, died at his country home near St. Louis on February 2. The document expresses faith in the Confederate cause and directs that his children be reminded of his Kentucky roots.
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Kentucky
Confederate States of America
James C. Gkile
Clayton, No
Ghio
St. Louis
IT. Louis
Burton Holmes Lectures On Panama Canal At Tremont Temple
Burton Holmes delivered a lecture at Tremont Temple last evening on the modern Panama Canal. He contrasted current views with earlier talks portraying the canal’s progress and presented motion and still photographs showing the enterprise as it stands ready for the world.
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Trémont Temple
Evenine Burtonne
Panama Canal
Holmes
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Vernon Castle
Paul A. Rubens
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Butte Central Copper Co
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Walter A. Duggee
BP. A. Goodhue
John FF. O'Connell
G. A. Sageldorf
Bernard C. Weld
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NEW Chamber OF Commerce Committee ON Foreign Trade
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John F. Fitzgerald
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I. A. Goodhue
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G. A. Sagendorp
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William A. Dupee
R. V. Pierce
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Burton Holmes
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