Rear Admiral Barry forced from Pacific fleet amid scandal
In San Francisco on January 15 a Navy crisis erupted as Rear Admiral Edward B Barry, commander in chief of the Pacific fleet, was compelled to retire after officers demanded his resignation for alleged misconduct aboard the battleship West Virginia. Admiral Chauncey Thomas arrived with the cruiser California to assume command at noon tomorrow.
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San. Francisco
Navy
Edward B. Barry
Pacific Fleet
Barry
West Virginia
Chauncey Thomas
California
Santa Barbara
Admiral Thomas
Admiral Barry
Navy Department
Washington
Orchard
Secretary of the Navy
Sherwood A. Taffinder
United States Navy
Thrown Out When Horse Runs Away
Clifton Day of 14 Ashland avenue Melrose was thrown from his carriage on the Medford boulevard when his spirited horse bolted after a passing electric car. He was treated at Middlesex Fells police station and returned home. The horse caused a wreck near Malden square and was captured after striking a pole.
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Clifton St
Ashland Avenue Park
Melrose
Forest Street
Medford
Day
Middlesex Fells
Pleasant Street
Malden Square
Curley
Highland Avenue
Malden
Worcester streetcar crash injures none on Boylston Street
One hundred passengers escaped serious injury yesterday afternoon on Boylston street Chestnut Hill when two Worcester cars bound crashed near Jackson street. The second car piled into the first after the first jumped the Healey lane curve. Both cars traveled fast down the grade. the rear of the first car swung off the track.
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Boylston Street
Chestnut Hill
Worcester
Jackson Street
Healey’s Lane
Train wreck near Chestnut Hill injures several in two-car collision
Two Boston Worcester line cars 127 and 111 derailed after a high speed curve mishap. Passengers were jostled and cut by glass as the rear car plowed into the front car. Officials moved injured to safety and restored service by 9:30 p.m. The crash recalled a 1904 wreck in the same area.
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Worcester
Boston
John Aikens
Jesse Jennings
Framingham
Harry Bemis
Lewis Moody
Chestnut Hill
Boston & Worcester Railway
West
Johnson and Langford Set To Meet In Philadelphia
Nelson slated to box on St Patrick's Day. Auto truck show opens in New York today. Jimmy Gardner and Leo Houck to clash in Boston week after next. Harvard to play two hock games in Boston this week. School track men seek first in petition Saturday. Records of bowlers reviewed.
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Johnson
Langford
Philadelphia
Nelson
St. Patrick’s
New York
Jimmy Gardner
Leo Houck
Boston
Harvard
Otenkerm
Harvard Star Is 10 Wed In Cambridge Bride
Miss Constance Restarick daughter of Bishop H B Restarick of Honolulu arrives on the Korea en route to Cambridge Mass where she will wed Paul Withington former Harvard football and crew star now assistant graduate director of athletics at Harvard The couple will be married in Harvard circles and the announcement comes from San Francisco dated January 15 19xx.
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San Francisco
Constance Restarick
H. B. Restarick
Episcopal Diocese of
Honolulu
Korea
Cambridge
Mass
Paul Withington
Harvard
Couple’s long distance romance ends in Cambridge wedding plans
Miss Restarick travels thousands of miles for a coming wedding after a childhood romance with Withington that began in southern California. Their families moved to Hawaii and Pacific islands before Withington attended Harvard, where he excelled in athletics. Miss Restarick is a skilled musician and island champion rower and tennis player. The wedding date will be set soon after her arrival in Cambridge.
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California
Miss Restarick
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Withington
Pacific Islands
Harvard
Cambridge
Ice Gorge Threatens Safe Harbor Town in Lancaster
Safe Harbor, Pennsylvanias Susquehanna town of about 700 people, lies in peril as a 25 mile ice gorge advances from five miles upstream. The business district is submerged, residents flee to higher ground, and six feet of water covers the main streets as the river widens.
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Lancaster
Penn
Susquehanna River
Gorge Threatens Village With Spring Slide
A partial collapse at a gorge near a village at the creek and river junction risks a repeat of the 1904 disaster. Locals fear more rockfalls each spring and many stay in place until the last moment. By 10 pm another large section fell as the Conestoga rose 20 feet.
Ames Threatens Denial Over Lodge Colliers Telegram
Ames declares Lodge's action on collier matters well known in a telegram to the Post. Ames says Roosevelt's conduct is scandalous and challenges the former president to deny the full story.
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Roosevelt
Ames
Lodge
Colliers
Boston Boys Free From Car Prisons
Four well fed boys aged 8 to 12 from Charlestown and Somerville emerged from a sealed Boston biscuit car in Portland Maine after hiding aboard a Boston & Maine yard shipment. They survived 24 hours inside enjoying biscuit varieties as police were alerted to their accidental confinement.
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Portland
Boston
Boston & Maine
Charlestown
Edward Carl
David Sullivan
Cornelius Mahoney
Edward McGlaughlin
Somerville
Taxi Run-Down Victim Dies as Driver Is Held
Nicholas O Leary, longshoreman, fatally injured by a taxi on Parkman Place in front of Hanover Street Police Station. The taxi driver Paul Adams of 2 Yarmouth Street was arrested and held without bail by order of the district attorney. Mme Carmen Melis and her husband were passengers in the cab.
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Mme
Carmen Melis
Boston Opera Company
G. M. Carriola
Nicholas O’leary
Parkman Place
Hanover Street
Paul Adams
Yarmouth Street
O’leary
Opera stars in crash near Hanover Street station
An early 20th century taxi collision near Hanover Street station injures pedestrian O'Leary as opera stars Carmen Melis and her husband assist at the scene and rush him to hospital. Melis later learns O Leary’s condition worsens while preparing for Puccini’s The Girl of the Golden West.
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O'Leary
O'Donnell
Flynn
Hanover Street
Lenox
Carmen Melis
O’leary
Opera
Puccini
Sehen
Fair and Colder Forecast for Boston and Region
Forecast presents fair and colder conditions for Boston and vicinity with moderate to brisk north to northwest winds. Outlook for New England and eastern New York includes Monday fair and colder, Tuesday fair, continued cold with brisk west and northwest winds.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
New York
Average Temperatures Then and Now
Yesterday's average temperature reached 33 degrees on 11-24, compared with 22 degrees on 15-24 a year earlier. The figures reflect daily climate readings and show a 11 degree rise year over year.
Lodge Denies Ames Charges in Senate Caucuses
Theodore Roosevelt issues a full denial from Oyster Bay claiming the Boston Post story alleging Lodge spoke with him about the collier issue is a falsehood. He says no conversation occurred and calls the piece scandalous political tactic.
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Boston Post
Sir
Walker
Lodge
Colliers
Theodore Roosevelt
Lodge Denies Roosevelt Ames Collier Talk
Senator Lodge disputes Congressman Ames claim of a Roosevelt discussion about colliers. He says no conversation occurred and that the matter was public under naval appropriations. He notes three colliers offered by New England Gas Co. at a price above cost and defends his amendments as misrepresented.
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Boston Post
Boston
Roosevelt
Mr. Ames
New England Gas Company
Admiral Bowles
Post
Congressman Ames
Lodge
Newberry
Senator Lodge
Washington
Ames
Colliers
House of Representatives
Rainey
Tennessee
Open letter denies Roosevelt collier talk falsehood
Congressman Ames cites a printed telegram accusing Theodore Roosevelt of a discussion with Lodge and Newberry on collier purchases. The letter rejects the claim as false, praising Lodge's integrity and stating no such conversation occurred. Continued on page 2 fourth column.
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Congressman Ames
Lowell
Mass
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Walker
Butler Ames
Lodge
Newberry
Colliers
Senator Lodge
Ames
Plan for New Hotel to Boom Newport
Jan 15 Newport plan meeting at Newport Trust Company aims to erect a large hotel to attract visitors. City leaders discuss reviving the waning summer resort boom.
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Newport
Newport Trust Company
Food Prices Slide Nationwide
Prices for butter and eggs are expected to hit four year low this week in Boston as wholesalers reduce prices to clear overstocked inventories.
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Boston
Butter and egg prices seen to drop this season
Boston wholesalers note potential further cuts as receipts of native and storage eggs rise. Prices linger at 32 to 33 cents per dozen for native eggs and 24 cents storage eggs, while butter ranges 23 to 29 cents per pound. Retailers clip profits amid abundant supplies.
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Robert W. Belknap
Boston
Brookline
B. H. Goldsmith
New York Dealers Overstocked Prompting Price Reductions
Commission men in New York report a trade surplus similar to Chicago with butter and egg traders overstocked and reductions expected to follow.
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New York
Commission
Chicago
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Gressman Ames
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