Telegraph Men Favor Mediator
New York January 5 prospects for an early satisfactory adjustment of hours and wages between the New York New Haven Hartford railroad and its signalmen tele graphers of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers were held out here after an all day session. A telegram was sent to Washington requesting federal mediation services.
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New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Order of Railroad
Union
Washington
Railroad Telegraphers Seek Wage Increase and Schedule Reform
H. B. Perham of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers says negotiations on a new schedule began last March seeking a 10 percent wage rise for 1432 workers. A readjustment of hours is proposed as 600 currently work 12 hours. a 10 hour day is asked for these men, while about 709 work eight hours and 400 work nine, varying by the class network.
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H. B. Perham
Order of Railroad Telegraders
Chicago to Study Hub Method of Saloon Regulation
Chicago plans a delegation to Boston to study the Hub method of saloon regulation. Western States favor the Hub system as most efficient, says the Licensing Board chairman Fletcher Ranney. The group will include two anti liquor leaders two ministers two club women a mayoral representative police department member a retail liquor dealer and a sewer worker.
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Chicago
Boston
Fletcher Ranney
Missouri Gov election contest filed in Jefferson City
A petition contesting Frederick D. Gardner’s gubernatorial win was presented by Senator A E L Gardner in a joint Legislature session. The document accuses Judge Henry D. Lamm of Sedalia of fraud in the November election and seeks to overturn the result.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Frederick D. Gardner
St. Louis
A. E. L. Gardner
Henry D. Lamm
Sedalia
No Change for B. and M. Receiver
The Boston and Maine receivership will continue pending resolution of legal questions. Judge James M. Morton Jr. ruled after a five week hearing where minority stockholders, through Conrad W. Crocker, alleged fraud and bad faith by directors and sought termination or temporary suspension of the receivership.
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Boston & Maine
James M. Morton, Jr
Road
Conrad W. Crocker
Court Finds No Fraud in Directors Case Over Receivership
The court found no basis for fraud charges against the current board of directors, praising their integrity in approving the receivership for the road. Attorney Crooker declined to argue the evidence, surprising observers, while Mayberry and Jones said they would not press oral arguments and would accept the court’s decision.
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Crooker
Coffey Denies Hitting Peter in City Hall Elevator Row
Thomas F. Coffey who runs the annex elevators in City Hall faced questions after allegations he struck Peter Glancy a Roxbury janitor and relief operator. Coffey denied striking Glancy saying he only grabbed Glancy by the collar when Glancy refused to leave the building. Superintendent Kneeland summoned Coffey for clarification as reporters linked Coffey to past boxing and a one dollar benefit.
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Thomas F. Coffey
City Hall Annex
Peter Glancy
Thornton Street
Roxbury
Annex
Coffey
Three Charged With Civil Service Fraud at Charlestown Yard
John Muncie Frank Lasselle and Philip O Keefe, all under 20, were arrested by Deputy Marshal Mc Grath on conspiracy to violate civil service rules. They allegedly furnished vouchers and recommendations to youths seeking ropemaker's helper jobs at Charlestown Navy Yard. They were released on recognizance pending a January 12 hearing.
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John Muncie
Frank Lasselle
Philip O’keefe
United States
Marshal McGrath
Charlestown
Charlestown Navy Yard
Irish Historical Society Elects Massachusetts Chapter Officers
The Massachusetts Chapter of the American Irish Historical Society elected officers for 1917 led by President William T. A. Fitzgerald and Vice President Desmond Fitzgerald. Other officers include Secretary John J. Keenan and Treasurer James O Sullivan with an executive committee of twelve members. President Fitzgerald attends today’s sessions in New York and will join a Waldorf Astoria banquet in the evening.
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Massachusetts
The
American Irish Historical Society
William T. A. Fitzgerald
Desmond Fitzgerald
John J. Keenan
James O'Sullivan
John F. Croston
John J. Hogan
Patrick L. Hughes
Bernard J. Joyce
Thomas E. Maloney
Joseph IF. O’connell
Patrick O'Loughlin
Joseph C. Pelletier
Michael F. Sullivan
John J. White
Fitzgerald
New York
Waldorf Astoria
Milk Combine Blamed For High City Milk Prices
At a State High Cost of Living Commission hearing in the State House yesterday morning George Albree of Concord accused Boston milk contractors of collusion in restraint of trade. He claimed they violate Interstate Commerce leased car regulations and face no prosecutions though indicted, and urged the commission to break the combine to lower prices.
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Boston
State High Cost of Living Commission
State House
George Albree
Concord
Interstate Commerce Commission
Albree
Commission
Otto H. Kahn Joins MIT Corporation Board
Otto H. Kahn head of Kahn Loeb Co. elected to the Corporation of MIT filling vacancies created by Percival Lowell's death and Howard H. Stockton's resignation.
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Otto H. Kahn
Tech Corporation
Kahn, Loeb & Co
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Percival Lowell
Howard H. Stockton
Cercle Francais Sponsors French Christmas Recital
Cercle Francais of Boston University held a monthly causerie at the College of Liberal Arts on Boylston Street. Mme. Bearvais Reilly, organist of the French Catholic Church of Boston, played and sang a selection of French Christmas songs.
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Cercle Francais
Boston University
College of Liberal Arts
Boylston Street
Mme. Bearvais Reilly
Boston
Man wins half of cash wife took from pocket in dormitory case
Paterson New Jersey January 5 Recorder William H Young ruled a husband is entitled to half of money his wife takes from his trouser pocket if any remains when demanded. In the case of Carmela Parna the husband claimed 125 dollars and the court ordered 50 dollars to be turned over to him.
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Paterson
N. J
William H. Young
Young
Carmela Parna
No Evidence Against Confessed Murderer Identified
Otto Hess of Boston who walked into the Weston police station claiming a New York murder link was identified as the Barberton suspect arrested last November. He previously used the name David Dexter and was released due to lack of evidence. He will be held for observation.
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Weston
W. Va
Otto Hess
Boston
New York
William McAuliffe
Barberton
Hess
David Dexter
Newlands Railroad Committee Extended Into Next Congress
Extension of the Newlands joint railroad committee’s life until December next congress was agreed by administration leaders in Congress with no extra appropriation. The measure was included in a joint resolution reported favorably by both the Senate and House commerce committees.
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Washington
Newlands Joint Railroad Committee
Sixty-fifth Congress
Congress
Senate
House Commerce
Men Held for Grand Jury in Back Bay Break-In Attempt
Edward F Lynch and Francis N Foley were arrested at 655 Queensbury Street Back Bay by Sergeant John C Murphy. They were held for the grand jury after arraignment in Roxbury Court with Lynch set at 500 dollars and Murphy at 3500 dollars on charges of attempting to break into an apartment.
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Edward F. Lynch
Francis N. Foley
Queensbury Street
Back Bay
John C. Murphy
Roxbury Court
Lynch
Murphy
Heiress Lives on $6 Weekly Salary to Fund Inheritance Fight
Miss Marion Pomeroy Smith of Hyannis Mass heiress to nearly 10000000 in fortune works in a Hartford department store earning six dollars a week to cover current expenses while pursuing her Barnstable county Probate Court inheritance case last summer that stirred local attention.
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Marion Pomeroy Smith
Hyannis
Hartford
Conn
Hyannis, Mass
Barnstable County
The Heiress Who Sold Linens at Sage and Allen
Miss Smith once dubbed the psychopathic heiress, earned cash by selling linens at Sage and Allen for two weeks. She said her fortune was tied up by litigation and legal fees, forcing her to work to pay fares and expenses.
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Miss Smith
Sage & Allen
Freshmen Social Opens BU Liberal Arts Calendar Party
Boston University freshmen of the College of Liberal Arts held their first social of the year last night. The event took place in the Gamma Delta room on Boylston Street.
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Boston University
College of Liberal Arts
Gamma Delta
Boylston Street
Two Dead in Train Crash at North Conway New Hampshire
The Rev J W Williams aged 67 pastor of Free Baptist Church Plymouth was killed instantly and his 11 year old son Carl died two hours later at Memorial Hospital from a fractured skull when their sleigh collided with a Boston Maine train backing through the town. The horse was killed and the sleigh demolished amid a driving snowstorm. Williams a Providence native and descendant of Roger Williams is survived by a wife and two children in town and by a father and brother in Providence.
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North Conway
N. H
J. W. Williams
Free Baptist Church
Plymouth
Carl
Memorial Hospital
Boston & Maine
Mr. Williams
Providence
Roger Williams
Mass to Celebrate College Hall Opening at Boston College
The opening of St. Mary's Hall at Boston College will be marked by a low Mass celebrated by Very Rev. Charles W. Lyons S J president of the college and rector of the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Harrison Avenue. The ceremony will take place in the chapel noted for its artistic design in America.
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College Hall
St. Mary's Hall
Boston College
University Heights
Charles. W. Lyons
S.J
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Harrison Avenue
America
Mary E. Smith
Norway St
Boston
Charles H. Chase
Newton
Faneuil
Mass
Watertown Arsenal
Huntington Ave
Maya
Mechanics’ Building
Holida
Spirit of America Curbed and Redirected, Rev Savage Says
The Rev. Maxwell Savage of Lynn told the Master Builders Association on Devonshire Street yesterday that the American Spirit must be curbed and better directed to reach the ideal. He urged a wider vision of America's possibilities and probabilities as the cure for sectional social ills.
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Maxwell Savage
Lynn
Master Builders’ Association
Devonshire Street
America
Boston Post Santa Claus Fund Reports 1916 Income Expenditures
The Boston Post Santa Claus fund audited for 1916 shows total income and expenditures of 8 416.64 with 8 398.79 balance and 1 053.00 in toys and clothing. It notes contributions received and acknowledged in the Daily and Sunday Post and that expenses were paid by the Boston Post, not from fund contributions. The report highlights a record year with extensive appeals and aid to needy children.
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Boston Post
Santa Claus
Daily
Sunday Post
Boston Party
Boston Post Santa Fund
Price, Waterhouse & CO
Boston
Mass
Post
Post Santa Claus accounts audited by Price Waterhouse Co
The Post Santa Claus program, started to bring gifts to less fortunate children at Christmas, saw about 23 200 parcels delivered. The largest expense was toys and books, aided by manufacturer discounts, with gifts averaging four per bundle. About 2900 children received gifts, mostly in Boston and Greater Boston, plus many more in New England. Expenditures records are open to contributors through Post auditor T B Forsyth.
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Post Santa Claus
Price, Waterhouse,& ,Co., Public Accountants
State Street
Post Santa
Santa Claus
Boston
New England
Post
New England Plant Blast Causes Suit Over Picture Injury
Mrs. Caroline C. Ewing and Frank Ewing sue New England Manufacturing Company in East Cambridge Superior Court seeking 20000 for injuries from a February 29, 1915 plant explosion that hurled a framed picture and broke her cheekbone. Frank Ewing seeks 95000 for loss of his wife’s services and medical costs.
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New England Manufacturing Company
Woburn
Ewing
Caroline C. Ewing
East Cambridge
Public Service Commission Dismisses Putnam Square Station Petition
The Public Service Commission decided yesterday to dismiss the petition seeking a new station in the Cambridge subway near Putnam Square Cambridge. Petitioners led by John W Hammond argued the Boston Elevated Company's surface cars from Harvard to Central squares were unsatisfactory.
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Putnam Square
Public Service Commission
Cambridge
John W. Hammond
Boston Elevated
Harvard
Central Squares
Ladder Saves Life of Boy in Mystic River Rescue
Thirteen year old Fred Lynch of Medford Hillside was rescued from drowning in the Mystic River by a ladder pushed over the ice by Dennis Langley of Somerville and Daniel O'Brien of Somerville. They heard the boy cry out as the ice broke near Auburn street bridge Medford. A long ladder reached the hole fifteen feet from the bank where the boy struggled in eight feet of water.
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Fred Lynch
Gore Street
Medford Hillside
Mystic River
Dennis Langley
Broadway
Somerville
Daniel O’brien
Lowell Street
Auburn Street
Medford
Chelsea School Heads Charged in City Probe
Mayor Willard orders an investigation into charges by Superintendent Frank E. Parlin that liquor was consumed on school premises at Shurtleff School during the city election day in full view of hundreds of pupils. Teachers were disturbed by smoking and coarse talk forcing suspension of work in some classes.
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Chelsea
Willard
Frank E. Parlin
Shurtleff
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