Cabaret singers barred from city cafes by Boston licensing board
Boston licensing board orders cabaret singers to stay on stages and off patron areas in city bars and cafes with new rules effective immediately. The move targets street distribution of programs and favors by young women singers amid complaints. A separate AP report from Paris notes Army chaplains praising high morals among American troops in France and a clean army.
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Boston
France
Associated Press
State ownership bills filed for street railways passage in Legislature
Three bills by Representatives Morrill Martin and Odlin propose state ownership of street railways. The plan would take over the companies, reimburse stockholders, and run roads via state commissions. In Back Bay two elevator accidents killed Nellie Donovan and seriously injured Helen O Hara, who became trapped between car and wall. both victims were taken to City Hospital.
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Charles H. Morrill
Robert H. Martin
James E. Odlin
City Hospital
Nellie Donovan
William Amory
Commonwealth Avenue
Helen O'Hara
Ladder 15
Beebe Trustees Receive 176000 Payout for Beacon Street Property
The Commonwealth settled the land seizure at 30 Beacon Street the former John Hancock homestead site. The state paid £176,000 to the Beebe trustees of Boston. The property was taken for the west wing of the State House.
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Commonwealth of the Land and Building
Beacon Street
John Hancock
James M. Beebe
Boston
State House
Preliminary exams for West Point and Annapolis held
Eighty five young men took the Civil Service Commission test at the customs house for entry to West Point and Annapolis. Four districts are represented led by Carter with 26 candidates, Lufkin with 25, Tinkham with 19, and Phelan with 15. Top scorers and alternates advance to final academy exams.
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West Point
Annapolis
United States Civil Service Commission
Custom House
Carter
Lufkin
Tinkham
Mth
Phelan
Abolition of spoils system urged in Civil Service reform talk
R H Dana president of the National Civil Service Reform League urged complete abolition of the spoils system and the formation of a committee to recruit industrial and other experts. The meeting was held by the Massachusetts Civil Service Reform Association at the Hotel Vendome with Mrs. Richard C Cabot presiding and new officers elected. The draft board exemption case of Joseph M Shaffer was discussed as Secretary McAdoo pushes for possible appeal not yet received.
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R. H. Dana
National Civil Service Reform League
Woman’s Auxiliary
Massachusetts Civil Service Reform Association
Hotel Vendome
Richard C. Cabot
Lincoln N. Kinnicutt
Ellen F. Mason
Charles Jackson
Marian C. Nichols
Charles Sumner Bird
Caroline O. Emmerton
Mabel Lyman
Samuel W. McCall
William Bennett Munro
Walter Wesselhoeft
S. H. Woodbridge
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Division 2
South Boston
Joseph M. Shaffer
Shaffer
International Round Table for Women Organized in Americas
Washington reports a plan to form an international round table of women from 21 republics in North and South America to provide mutual aid amid wartime conditions. Pan American Union director-general John Barrett sponsors. Mrs. Robert Lansing and Lady Aberdeem are among supporters. Mason of Tarrytown is named director-general.
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Washington
North
South America
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
Robert Lansing
Lady Aberdeen
International Lounthg& Wemcien
Hh. Mason
Tarrytown-on-Hudson
N. Y
New York Fire Rates Increased Ten Percent
The New York Insurance Exchange voted a 10 percent rise in fire insurance rates for New York City for the war duration. Officials cited more incendiary fires and higher repair costs as the causes, estimating about $3,000,000 more annually in premiums.
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New York
New York City
New York Insurance Exchange
Troops Must Wait for Mail From France
Congressman Frederick W. Dallinger of Massachusetts aims to obtain definite word from the Post Office Department on why soldiers in France are delayed in receiving mail. The inquiry seeks explanation of the hold up and potential remedies to speed correspondence between front lines and home.
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Washington
Frederick W. Dallinger
Massachusetts
Post Office Department
France
Investigation Call on Post Office Department Raises Probe
Mr Dallinger has introduced a joint resolution in the House urging a formal investigation of the Postoffice Department. He proposes a sub committee of the Senate and House postoffice committees to oversee the inquiry into delays and mail delivery to service members and rural routes.
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Dallinger
House of Representatives
Postoffice Department
Postoffice Committees
Senate
House
Chelsea woman fined for bakery loaf theft
Mary Schansky of 6 Pembroke Street Chelsea was fined 5 in Chelsea Police Court for stealing a loaf of bread worth 12 cents. Judge Stearns ruled she was not in need of bread after hearing the testimony.
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Mary Schansky
Pembroke Street
Chelsea
Stearns
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