Five dollar per share tax sparks reorganization debate
Conrad W. Crooker, junior counsel for the Boston & Maine Minority Stockholders' Protective Association, told a State House committee that the proposed five dollar a share assessment in the Boston & Maine reorganization plan is only the starter, predicting an eventual forty dollar per share levy.
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Boston & Maine
Conrad W. Crooker
Minority Stockholders’ Protective Association
State House
Committee On Railroads
Protesters Fight Boston & Maine Reorganization Plan
Mr. Crocker denounces a self constituted proxy group accusing them of grebbers and Shylocks as stockholders oppose a $5 per share assessment. Witnesses defend and attack the plan while officials push for repeal and a strong solvent railroad, with Knowlton cited and minority stockholders backing repeal.
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Protective Association
Crocker
Boston & Maine
Board of Directors
Knowlton
Crooker
Judge Knowlton
Post
Wilson Reports to Senate on Mexican Recognition
President Wilson sent to the Senate a long Lansing letter summarizing events leading to recognition of Carranza's de facto government in Mexico. The document lists Americans killed in Mexico and at the border, notes confidentiality, and discusses Carranza's ability to protect lives and property. The report prompts renewed debate on Mexico policy and Fletcher’s ambassador nomination.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
United States
Mexico
Venustiano Carranza
Lansing
Caranza
Senator Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Fall
Henry Prather Fletcher
Fletcher
Arsenal of 2000 revolvers and 7000 rifles stored in city building
Major General John F. O’Ryan sought police information about a large arms cache in a West Houston Street building. A December fire revealed 2000 revolvers 10 automatic guns 7000 rifles and 2 500 000 rifle cartridges in the basement. The dealer Hans Tauscher leased the building claiming purchase for speculation and held a storage permit since June 21, 1915.
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New York
John F. O’ryan
National Guard of
West
Houston Street
Hans Tauscher
Krupp Gun Works
Germany
Bureau of Fire Prevention
Snow avalanche crashes through court roof
An avalanche of snow and ice weighing more than a ton shattered the glass roof of the rear office of the clerk of the Municipal Criminal Court in the Court House at Pemberton square. Clerk Fred Ingalls and Assistant Clerk Edward Lord were absent. Sidney Brown and other clerks narrowly escaped injury as debris fell onto the office floor.
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Municipal Criminal Court
Court House
Pemberton Square
Fred Ingalls
Edward Lord
Sidney Brown
Police fail to locate Jean Crones in Boston hunt
Boston police could not locate Jean Crones who was reported seen leaving South Station late Wednesday night. A Cambridge waiter claimed to have seen the Chicago poisoner but he denied the sighting. Crones is wanted by Chicago police over an alleged banquet poison plot at the University Club for Archbishop Mundelein about a week ago.
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Boston
Jean Crones
Cambridge
Chicago
South Station
Crones
Archbishop Mundelein
University Club
Capture of Erzerum Praised By Paris Papers
Paris newspapers hail the Erzerum seizure as the allies best news in months. Military experts say it gives Russia a key to Asia Minor and will have far-reaching consequences. General Berthaut in Petit Journal calls it a deadly blow to Turkey with wide effects on the war.
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Paris
Erzerum
Asia Minor
Berthaut
Petit Journal
Turkey
Brookline Caucus Sees Slim Turnout for Town Offices
In Brookline last night 290 of 6000 voters participated in a town caucus, the smallest turnout in town history. Library trustee winner Walter Humphreys secured a two year term. For the vacancy caused by Dr William H Lyons death, Hanson H Webster defeated D Blakeley Hoar 174 to 46 for a one year post. Five constables: Michael F Fahey Frank M Fay John E Griffin Charles L Hapgood and Richard B Shedd all won, with Benjamin H Elis reporting the lowest votes at 135.
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Brookline
Walter Humphreys
William H. Lyons
Hanson H. Webster
D. Blakeley Hoar
Hoar
Michael F. Fahey
Frank M. Fay
John E. Griffin
Charles L. Hapgood
Richard &. Shedd
Benjamin H. Elis
Fire at Proctor Bros Barrel Factory Burns Rochester
The Proctor Bros barrel factory in Rochester New Hampshire burned tonight causing about 45000 dollars in losses. The fire left thirty men unemployed and the cause is not yet known. In Scituate Mrs Ellen Burke widow of Martin Burke died at 68 at her home. Funeral Friday at 10 at the Church of the Nativity.
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Rochester
N. H
Proctor Bros
Ellen Burke
Scituate Scituate
Martin Burke
Burke
Ellen Cunningham
John W. Burke
Scituate News Dealer
Church of the Nativity
Scituate
Vernon Castle joins war effort with Royal Flying Corps
Broadway dancer Vernon Castle sails from New York on the Adriatic to join the Royal British Flying Corps as Lieutenant Vernon Blythe. He leaves behind Irena and a life of stage engagements as part of a large wartime cargo passage with munitions and auto trucks aboard.
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New York
Vernon Castle
Broadway
Snif
Castle
Royal British Flying Corps
Vernon
Adriatic
Mineola Aviation School
Irena
Red Cross
St. Louis
Vernon Blythe
War Office
Vernon Chooses Milky Way Over Great White Path
Vernon shows sorrow as Broadway seems to depart from conventional roles. a young man reportedly rejects the heroic soldier ideal, selecting a different life path. Tom Baldwin, the dean, notes Vernon's status as a sky pilot at about 120 proof.
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Vernon
Broadway
Tom Baldwin
Dean
Boston business man dies in New York hotel
Benjamin E. Baker, 72, president of the B. E. Baker Leather Company of Boston, was found dead in his hotel room in New York yesterday. Heart trouble was given as the cause. He was about 5 years of age and married.
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Boston
New York
Benjamin E. Baker
Abbott Road
Wellesley
B. E. Baker Leather Company
Mr. Baker
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F. W. Streeter
Boston & Maine Minority Stockholders’ Protective Association
George A. Mansfield
Charles M. Green
William B. Lawrence
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