Britain and France Move to Avert World War Crisis
London reports Britain and France working to prevent a European clash. Cambon and Lansdowne discuss plans to preserve peace as Russia Japan and Bulgaria Turkey complexities test diplomacy. Washington and Paris fear a world war unless restraint holds.
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Britain
France
London
Great Britain
M. Caimbon
Lord Lansdowne
Europe
M. Cambon
Paris
St.Petersburg
Japan
Chemulpo
Romanoff
M. Witte
Witte
Yankee built craft aids Russia's ice bound fleet
A keelage design by Vice-Admiral Marakwf of the Russian navy features a 2000 ton vessel with four propellers and four engines. It measures 06 by 71 feet with a 2% draft and can reach 16.25 knots with all engines. It serves to keep Baltic navigation open between Cronstadt St Petersburg Reval and Ilbu. It has broken through 14 inch ice and crushed 34 inch pack ice using bow suction from the forward propeller.
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Russia
France
Britain
Japan
Far East
St. Petersburg
Harbin
Marakwf
Cronstadt
Reval
Ilbu
Baltic
Ermack
Spitzbergen
Sunday Gamblers Taken in Columbus Avenue
A police detail from Division 6 arrested six men at 296 Columbus Avenue early Sunday for Sunday gaming. Those booked include Joseph Ungrasky 45 Joseph J Ungrasky 22 Leo Englander 43 Theodore Brown ? Anton Benks 31 and Henry Berger 29 for being present.
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Division 6
Columbus Avenue
Joseph Ungrasky
Joseph J. Ungrasky
Leo Englander
Theodore Brown
Anton Benks
Henry Berger
No Bail For Mrs Burnham In Bigamy Case
Joseph Evans Jr of Cambridge was bailed by his sister after his arrest for bigamy tied to Mrs Burnham, who claimed no legal marriage. Evens had lived with the Burnhams in Reading, funded by Mrs Burnham, and the case unfolds in Reading with the Burnhams’ implausible story and police inquiry continuing.
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Joseph
Burnham
California
Reading
Ham
John
William M
Woodbine Street
Cambridge
Evans
Rebecca Kane
Charles
Boston
Burnham Becomes Inmate Of Town Poor Farm
Deserted by his wife after 25 years together, William Henry Burnham is described as broken-hearted and homeless, unable to work, and this week admitted to the town poor farm after more than 10 years of hardship and struggle.
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Reading
William Henry Burnham
Mr. Burn
London Rebuilding Defences As War Fears Rise
London faces reinforced coast defences and Thames fortifications after Admiral Close warned London could fall to a swift attack. Britain upgrades guns, ships, and arsenals with 12 inch steel and wire weapons, aiming for an island fortress capability within a year.
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London
Great Britain
Thames
Admiral Close
United Service Institution
Parliament
War Office
Lon
Don
Woolwich Arsenal
Britain
Cambridge Arrests and Burnham’s 24 Hour Hunger Hold
Cambridge officers arrested two suspects last night while Mr. Burnham endured a full day without food before the town took charge of him.
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Cambridge
Burnham
Boston Police Net 227 Drunk Arrests in Weekend Roundup
Intemperance led to 144 men and 13 women residents of Boston and 7 non residents jailed between 8 a m Saturday and 8 a m Sunday. The roundup reflects a city effort to curb drunken behavior over the weekend.
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Boston
Funeral of Capt Herrick
The funeral for Police Captain David W. Herrick was held at Brighton Congregational Church with a large turnout of relatives, police officers, war veterans, and members of veteran organizations. The service was led by local pastors, with Grand Army of the Republic and veterans detachment participation. Interment followed at Evergreen Cemetery.
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David W. Herrick
Brighton Congregational Church
Police Department
Francis ,Washburn Post
Edward Cunningham
Joel A. Dudley
O. V
Women
Hall
Eagan
Laffey
Weir
Fowns
Francis Washburn
Herrick
National Lancers
Spanish War Veterans
Sons of Veterans
Evergreen Cemetery
Harvard Gym Locker Theft Reported
Ww. C. MacDonald reported to the Cambridge police that his gymnasium locker was broken into and $15 stolen. The incident adds to a spate of thefts at Harvard with suspicion on possible college involvement.
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Harvard
Ww. C. MacDonald
Cambridge Police
Trade unions defended as essential to democracy at Faneuil Hall
A Boston audience hears defenders of trade unionism argue it strengthens workers and society. They cite judges, publishers, and leaders, contrasting unions with strikes that injure rights, while urging public recognition of unions’ role in higher wages, safer conditions, and democratic participation.
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Brown
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Massachusetts
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Holmes
New York Evening Post
New York Herald
Springfield Republican
Eliot
J. H. Benton, Jr
Bar’ Association
Congress
William H. Moody
United States
Commonwealth
John Mitchell
Lowell
Carpenters’ Unions
Faneuil Hall
James Russell Lowell
University
Garth
Cedric the Saxon
Sydney
Gladstone
Commonwealths
Boston Central Labor Union
Foster
Driscoll
McCarthy
Liot
Questions on Wage Increases Raised at Meeting
After Mr. Foster concluded, the meeting opened for questions from the floor. Mr. F H Owen asked who pays the higher wages obtained by the trade unions.
No-License Rally in Revere Spotlight Frank P. Bennett
Hon. Frank P. Bennett of Saugus spoke on no license at a Revere Town Hall gathering witnessed by a large audience. The Neal Dow quartet performed and W. H. Colcord chaired, recounting Revere’s history under license versus no license and predicting a strong no license win by several hundred votes.
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Frank P. Bennett
Saugus
Revere
Neal Dow
W. H. Colcord
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Turkey
Csar
Far
Manchuria
A. Loring Swasey
Swasey, Raymond & Page
Naval Architects
Swasey
Will'am Cramp & Sons
Gamsters
Mrs. Burnham
MR. Burnham
Capt. Herrick
Frank K. Foster
Canton
Thorvaldsen
Lucerne
Mountain Republic
William Tell
Arnold Winklebed
Dugald Dalgettys
Concord
George
Scabe
Benedict Arnold
Iscariot
Standard Oil Company
Ira Steward
Mr. Foster
Grant
Gallagher
Carroll
Longshoremen’s Union
Kershaw
American Federation of Labor
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