Coal inquiry in Massachusetts and Chicago precedents
The special legislative committee begins hearings at the State House to probe the coal trade in Massachusetts. Chicago grand jury indictments for conspiracy against public interests are cited, while Massachusetts faces broader scope with Littlefield style reforms and interstate commerce overhaul proposals aiming at publicity, capital data, and enforcement.
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State House
Massachusetts
Chicago
Cook County
Illinois
Parison
Littlefield
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
House
Senate
Hoar
Elkins
Knox
Department of Commerce
Roosevelt
Congress
Pratt
Plymouth
Charles E Adams
Richard L. Gay
Massachusetts State Board of Trade
Loyed E. Chamberlain
Commonwealth
Bates
Fruits of Victory Push in Delaware Senate Fight
Senator Hanna urges Republicans in the Delaware Legislature to resist Democrat overtures seeking Addicks defeat. He argues the party deserves the fruits of victory, citing Utah’s Smoot, Colorado’s bitter fight, and New York’s Platt as examples, while Delaware’s fruit is Addicks or nobody. He advocates direct election of Senators to avoid such demoralization.
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Hanna
Delaware
Addicks
United States
Utah
Apostle Reed Smoot
United States Senate
Colorado
New York
Boss Platt
Hoar Voice on Independence Bristles at White House Touch
Senator Hoar attacks administration influence on Senate decisions praising independence yet questions arise from recent floor dispute. He laments media claims of White House dealings while noting a clash between authority and constitutional process in treaty and trust bill contexts.
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Senator Hoar
Hoar
Hyself
Senate
White House
United States
Maine Representative Proposes Anti-Trust Bill
Representative Littlefield of Maine advances an anti-trust bill before the House judiciary committee where he serves as chair. The measure is described as practical but limited, especially when compared with Senator Hoar's prior proposal.
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Representative Littlefield
Maine
House Committee On the Judiciary
Hoar
Germany's Bad Faith in Venezuela Warship Action
The Kaiser's battle ships bombard Venezuelan forts harming civilians, provoking U. S. mediation efforts. The piece condemns the act as bad faith, urges Britain to leave the peace coalition, and warns it may threaten the Monroe Doctrine. It frames the incident as a move away from peaceful settlement toward aggression.
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Venezuela
United States
Germany
England
Washington
So ciety of Arts meeting and church notices in Boston
The 675th Society of Arts meeting will be at the Institute Walker building Boylston and Clarendon streets tonight with Frederick H. Newell US Geological Survey chief engineer speaking on The Reclamation of the Arid Public Lands. Also news: W M F Round named managing editor of Lend a Hand Record. St Ann's Roxbury seeks a rector as Rev Laudberburn resigns. Rev Daniel E Hinton decline call. former Cambridge Press editor James Cox at Holy Ghost Hospital aged 78. Bertram Waters engaged to Miss Helen Kent Shaw of Kent County Maryland.
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Society of Arts
Institute
Walker Building
Boylston
Clarendon Streets
Frederick H. Newell
United States Geological Survey
Society
Edward Everett Hale
W. M. F. Round
United States Prison Association
Massachusetts Commission For International Justice
Order of St. Christopher
Cottage Street
Roxbury
Frederick Curtis Lauderburn
All Saints’ Church
Worcester
Thomas F. Davies, Jr
Thomas
Frederic Davies
D. D
Michigan
Alexander H. Vinton
Massachusetts
James Cox
Cambridge Press
Holy Ghost Hospital
Prospect Street
Bertram G. Waters
Harvard
Helen Kent Shaw
Kent County
New Comet Discovered by Professor Giacobini
Paris authorities report another telescopic comet found by Professor Giacobini of Nice observatory. The tenth magnitude object travels slowly through Pisces in a northeastern path.
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Paris
Giacobini
Nice Observatory
Constellation
Pisces
Josselyn Resigns as Assistant Superintendent at R. H. Whites
S. B. Josselyn resigns from his post as assistant superintendent at R. H. Whites Company. The departure occurred last night and prompted a farewell from staff who valued his leadership and were saddened by his exit.
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S. B. Josselyn
R. H. Whites Company
Mr Dooley Sparks Boston Fire Saving City
In dark Boston a sunless afternoon sparked fears of the end of the world. Mr Dooley is blamed and then praised as a man who turned off the sun and later directs fire crews to control a blaze in the Equitable building. A. G. P. 14 Robison street, Saugus, Mass.
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Boston
Mr. Dooley
Mr. Dooley-ooley
Equitable
Mr. Dooley-ooley-ooley
Oil in the barn saves farm and yields riches
Miss Winnifred Wiggle narrates Silas Straw mortgaging his farm to fund lightning rods. A thunderbolt strikes the barn, oil gushes from the hole, and Silas proclaims catastrophe avoided as they become instant millionaires. The tale shifts to city vignettes and romantic misadventure in Tremont Street, ending with a marriage proposal on a lake.
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Silas
Fach
Halifax
Puzzle Picture Beans Count the Beans in a Jar
In the jar there are beans visible and described as the puzzle item. The task asks for the exact bean count, but the readable text provides no numerical value or counting method. Therefore the precise number cannot be determined from the available fragment.
First Marconigram Sent Across Water by Pennwhizz
Wireless from London datelined January 22 reports Jeremia h Pennwhizz h sending the first commercial wireless message from England to America. The item includes a mock code word reception and a playful cartoon caption in the Cow Pasture section with dialogue about bear tracks.
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N. B
Pennwhizz
Jeremiah
England
America
Bologna Sausage Invention Noted On January 23 1903
On January 23 1957 the bologna sausage is celebrated as Herr Schnipp of Berlin invented the product. The piece notes its social place and argues German sausages were later produced in Chicago to save freight and aid the meat trust against competition.
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Herr Schnipp
Berlin
Germany
Herr Swhnion
Chicago
Europe
Meat Trust
House Ahead of the Senate
The House and Senate met briefly with the House sending business ahead of the Senate. Luce introduced a direct nomination bill for primaries by both parties. Various bills and petitions covered insurance for children, uniform municipal accounting, and seats for women on streetcars.
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House
Senate
Luce
Eliot's Hero Name Adopted By Labor Union
At a Chelsea Central Labor Union meeting last evening a resolution was unanimously adopted to replace the term scab with Eliot's Hero. The plan mirrors a move to honor Harvard President Eliot as a substitute name for strike breakers in organized labor.
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Chelsea Central Labor Union
Eliot
Harvard
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May
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New Bedford
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Jordan Marsh CO
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