Senator Taylors Plea For Workmen
A Boston debate centers on Senator William Taylor's bill to expand employer liability for fellow workers injuries. He cites waterfront accidents and calls for plain clear law protecting workingmen, arguing English experience supports compensation regardless of negligence. Opponents warn of special interests and push back on extending liability.
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Joint Committee On Judiciary
William Taylor
RE. B. Callender
Taylor
Taylor Continuing
Drapers
Plunketts
Bordens
Massachusetts
Senator Crane
YEAR SENTENCE FOR A PRIEST YEAR SENTENCE FOR A PRIEST
Taunton reports a Greek church priest ordained in Buffalo received a one year house of correction term in Superior Court for infidelity to his wife Mary McCann who resides in Waterbury Conn. His housekeeper Mary Shikus had lived with him for fourteen months and the district attorney opposed probation.
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Taunton
Joseph Rusikis
House of Correction
Levite
Buffalo
Mary McCann
Him Street
Waterbury
Conn
Mary Shikus
Swift
Mary Shikas
Derailed Engine Blocks South Station Tracks
A New York New Haven and Hartford engine derailed near the entrance to South Station yesterday afternoon, blocking tracks 22 to 28 and delaying suburban schedules. A wrecker removed the engine after several hours, with trains using alternate tracks during the incident.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford
Insurance chief Kendricks not seeking reappointment
Albany Feb 15 Superintendent of Insurance Kendricks announces he will not seek reappointment due to advanced age his term ended February 1 19th.
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Albany
Kendricks
Keen rivalry as Roosevelt cup yachts race nears Marblehead course
The Roosevelt cup international yacht race is set for the Marblehead course next September with many boats expected. Charles Francis Adams II will build one boat per designer Edwin A. Boardman who has two other tentative orders. Possible entrants include Herreshoff craft for Hawan boys and Charles Herreshoff, Dr. John N. Bremer may build, with a syndicate led by Reginald Boardman and others like Lawrence K. Percival and ex-Commodore Benjamin P. Cheney discussed as competitors. Boston yachtsmen are expected to dominate the August trial races.
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Marblehead
Eastern Yacht Club
Charles Francis Adams
Edwin A. Boardman
Mr. Boardman
Sk. B. Macomber
Herreshoff
Hawan Boys
New York
Charles Herreshoff
John N. Bremer
Manchester
Reginald Boardman
Lawrence K. Percival
Benjamin P. Cheney
Boston Yacht Club
R. W. Emmons
Beverly Club
Wandered in the Snow Missing Teen Found Safe
Louise Brogue of Sandisfield disappeared for three days after wandering in deep snow near her home. Tracks through a dense forest led to fear of death, but she was found at relatives in Woodville Connecticut and cannot provide a clear account of her three day wander.
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Great Barrington
Louise Brogue
Sandisfield
Louise
Woodville
Conn
Hotel Bill Passes House Amid Debate Cutoffs
The Touraine bill passed in the House to be engrossed by a 137 to 33 vote amid outbursts from members who sought further debate. An effort to derail it at enactment is expected, likely Monday, though supporters remain confident of passage.
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Hotel Touraine
Hotel Lenox
State House
Prince
Lenox
Conway
Ward 23
Downey
Cambridge
Touraine
Ames
Orange
Civil Service Reform Aims for Higher Municipal Posts
Massachusetts Civil Service Reform Association seeks to place higher municipal offices under civil service rules with a reform bill due before the Public Service Committee on February 21. Signatories include John D. Long Eliot Crocker Frothingham Myers Daly Gaston Gray Dabney Fitzgerald Sprague and other notable figures.
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Waring
Massachusetts Civil Service Reform Association
Committee On Public Service
John D. Long
Eliot
George G. Crocker
Louis A. Frothingham
James J. Myers
Augustine J. Daly
Cambridge
William A Gaston
Messrs
John C. Gray
Lewis S. Dabney
Desmond Fitzgerald
Edwin L. Sprague
Mayor Reorganizes City Departments Under New Ordinance
The mayor signed a city ordinance placing all street department divisions under a single acting superintendent Charles Logue. Former deputies were temporarily reassigned to their prior departments while awaiting official heads. Daniel P. Sullivan was reappointed temporarily over sanitation, Joseph J. Norton leads street cleaning and street watering, and Ambrose Woods heads the supply department temporarily.
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Charles Logue
Daniel P. Sullivan
Sanitary Department
Joseph J. Norton
Ambrose Woods
Applejack Magnate Fined for Illegal Cider Sale at Great Barrington
Davidunk of Sheffield was arrested in Great Barrington for illegal liquor sale after charging neighbors 10 cents a quart for cider costing 5 cents per gallon. He paid a $50 fine following a guilty verdict as patrons tipped off officers.
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Great Barrington
Davidunk
Sheffield
Funk
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