Curley Breaks Tie Up In City Council Presidency
Mayor John F. Fitzgerald broke a long council deadlock to swing support to Walter C. Ballantyne, who won the presidency on the first ballot five to four. Curley cast the deciding vote as Brand Hale Ballantyne Buckley voted for Ballantyne while Attridge Collins Kenney and McDonald backed Collins. The ballot count marked an upset favored by Fitzgerald over Good Government and Municipal League factions.
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John F. Fitzgerald
Walter C. Ballantyne
Ballantyne
Collins
Curley
Brand
Hale
Buckley
Attridge
Kenney
McDonald
Good Government Association
Municipal League
Municipal
Fitzgerald
Take Men at Pistol's Point
Two men were arrested at gunpoint as they emerged from a broken window of John J. Carr’s liquor store on Medford Street Charlestown at 12 45 this morning. John Hayes 20 of 10 North Meade Street Charlestown and Frank Hallard 20 of Sheaf Street Charlestown were identified. Patrolman Landrigan Station 15 reported pry marks on the window bars and glass shattered. The men exited bearing cigars and whiskey. Landrigan restrained the second man with a threat of force.
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John J. Carr
Medford Street
Charlestown
John Hayes
North Meade Street
Frank Hallard
Sheaf Street
Landrigan
Station 15
Landrifain
Romance of Opera House Star Weds Harvard Man in New York
Marguerite Banks famed soprano who impressed President Taft has married Frederick H. Toye a Boston Harvard graduate. The ceremony occurred at St Patrick’s Cathedral New York on February 2. Banks daughter of W A Banks of Los Angeles Toye formerly secretary to Henry Russell Boston Opera House. both prominent in the Capitol winter scene.
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Marguerite Banks
Taft
Meyer
Washington
Boston
Frederick H. Toye
Harvard
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York City
Miss Banks
Large Anderson
Brookline
W. A. Banks
Los Angeles
Cal
Toye
Boston Opera House
Henry Russell
Banks
Pastor James A. Francis Raises 6500 for Church Renovation
About 400 parishioners at Clarendon Street Baptist Church celebrated Rev. James A. Francis after a Tuesday night meeting where 6500 was raised in roughly an hour to renovate the church auditorium and retire floating indebtedness.
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Clarendon Street Baptist Church
James A. Francis
Abduction Tale Told By 14-Year-Old Adeline Gadello
Adeline Gadello, a 14-year-old girl living at 30 Hull Street with her father Stephen a mason and ex councilman, reported to Station 1 last night that she was abducted at midday in a crowded city area. She described eight hours of confinement in a dark hallway with bindings she eventually unknotted with her teeth.
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Adeline Gadello
Hull Street
Stephen
Missing North End girl questioned after late night entry
A frightened seventh grader described leaving Prince Street School around noon and meeting a kind woman on Sheafe Street before being led to a police station shortly after 10 pm. The girl, pale and distressed, recalled the encounter in front of officers as her father endured the ordeal. The investigation was promptly started.
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North Margin Street
North End
Prince Street
Sheafe Street
Plouffe Sentenced to Life for Dr Stone Murder
Worcester February verdict finds Raymond Plouffe a Harvard farmhand guilty of second degree murder in the death of Dr Henry N Stone. Judge Jenney orders life imprisonment in the State prison with one day of solitary confinement after a 22 hour jury deliberation.
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Worcester
Raymond Plouffe
Harvard
Henry N. Stone
Jenney
Taft
Plouffe
Verdict Reaches Plouffe in Murder Trial
Raymond Plouffe is found guilty of murder in the second degree by a jury after earlier pauses for instruction. He collapses in the prisoner’s box and is revived, then again loses consciousness as the verdict is read in court.
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Plouffe
Raymond Plouffe
Man Receives Life Sentence After Court Hearing
The defendant, brought before Judge Sanderson, retained composure as the court proceeded. The judge sentenced him to life imprisonment, with his facial expressions revealing the impact of the dismal account of his future life.
Andrews and Donovan Lose Spots on Board of Assessors
Doubts about which two assessor members would leave the seven member Board of Assessors after a city ordinance amendment were settled as Mayor's office announced John H. Donovan had resigned and Alonzo F. Andrews had been notified of his removal from the board.
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Board of Assessors
John H. Donovan
Alonzo F. Andrews
Northeast storm forecast shifts to snow and cold across coast
Washington reports unsettled weather with much colder temperatures for New England. Winds turn northeast and rise high in the south portion as rain to snow is forecast for Thursday and Friday, with snow concentrated in the southern areas and fair conditions expected in the north. Storm warnings extend from Boston to Delaware Breakwater.
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Boston
Delaware
Washington
New England
Mellen Scores Railroad Laws for Better State Service
Haven Road proposes easing legislation to improve state railroad service. Mellen cites need for efficient regulations to enhance safety and reliability while expanding infrastructure and funding opportunities for transportation projects.
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Haven Road
Railroad Problems Discussed In President Mellen's Speech
President Mellen outlines rail policy, opposing forced electrification yet supporting electric traction emerging naturally. He favors a Boston Buffalo through line, a tunnel linking North and South stations, and state protection of railroading as a natural monopoly. The New Haven seeks necessary information for capitalization, warns that failure to dispose of Boston Railroad Holding Company securities harms the Boston & Maine project.
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Boston
Boston-Buffalo
New Haven
Commonwealth
New England
Railroad Commissioners of
Massachusetts
New Haven Road
Boston Railroad Holding Company
Boston & Maine Railroad
New Haven Leader Pushes Tunnel Plan and Electrification
President Charles S. Mellen of the New York, New Haven & Hartford addressed the Boston Boot and Shoe Club on New England Transportation Night urging a North-South tunnel as essential and predicting rapid electrification of New Haven lines within two years. He claimed no extra freight charge if the two railroads unite and control the tunnel. The gathering, about 200 members and guests, heard him answer questions as the sole speaker, with several executives from allied lines present.
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Charles S. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Boston Boot and Shoe Club
New Haven
Boston & Maine
Connecticut
New England
Somerset
Alfred W. Donovan
Club
Mr. Melien
T. E. Byrnes
New Haven Road
Earl A. Ryder
James TH. Tustis
Boston & Albany
N. J. Weeks
New England Passenger Associa
New Haven Company Stance Toward New England Outlined
Mr. Mellen spoke for about an hour and clearly stated the attitude of the New Haven company toward New England and its future plans.
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Mellen
New Haven Company
New England
Tourist Sleeper Berth Deal on Route with $9 Fare
Arizona and New Mexico travelers can book a Mexico Tourist sleeper without change. Berth priced at nine dollars on the Washington Sunset Route. Passenger options include trains via 170 228 Washington Street.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Mexico
Washington
Washington St
Boston salesman testifies on revolver sale in Glover case
Thomas Coffey a Boston sporting goods salesman swore in East Cambridge Probate Court that he sold a revolver used to shoot Clarence St Glover to a woman matching Mrs Lillian Marie Glover. The gun, a Smith and Wesson 38 calibre numbered 216622, is held in the Waltham police vault.
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Thomas Coffey
Boston
East Cambridge
Clarence St. Glover
Lillian Marie Glover
Smith & Wesson
Waltham
Woman buys revolver in 1909 court testimony recounts store details
Coffey testified a woman answering Mrs Glover described age and height entered the store March 31 1909 and asked for a small revolver for a lady. He showed a Baby Hammerless 32 and 38 calibre Smith & Wesson and discussed kill power. The sale included cartridges and questioned whether a 22 or 32 would kill. The court paused for objections as witnesses discussed sales and motives amid the ongoing murder case. Mrs Glover was absent due to illness, with her counsel stating she is at a friend's home in Auburndale. Norman Glover testified about fear of his wife and the motive for seeking murder.
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Coffey
Glover
Smith & Wesson
Mr. Coffey
Boyd
Mr. Elmore
Norman
Seymour
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Walter Ballantyn
Romance of Opera House
Russell
Old Colony Trust Company
Trust Department
Streefe
Temple Place
North End House
Boston Wine & Spirits Co
James J. Doherty
Dock Sq
Andrews
Donovan
FEV
RORI
Valaer
Ter Marie Saltz
Boot and Shoe Club
California
Adv
Witness
Piper Heidsieck
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