Labor Monopoly Opens Diamond Trade To Americans
A Department of Commerce and Labor ruling frees eight Belgian diamond cutters detained at Ellis Island. The decision finds the Diamond Workers' Protective Union un American in character, limiting apprentice intake and allowing Americans to join the trade, with a large firm ready to hire about two thousand workers. Milton C. Ansorge represented Belgium.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
Diamond Workers’ Protective Union of America
Ellis Island
United States
Diamond Workers’ Union
Milton C. Ansorge
New York
Arrival of Rear Admiral Sperry Honored in Villefranche Harbor
Rear Admiral Sperry arrived in Villefranche aboard the Connecticut at 8:30 AM to be greeted by a gun salute from the old citadel and by the Danish cruiser Heimdal. The harbor flag decorations included the Danish and British ships and numerous private yachts in celebration.
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Villefranche
France
Heimdal
Enchantress
Sperry
Connecticut
Old Citadel
Healy Resigns From Dedham Street Station
Patrolman John J. Healy of Station 5 resigned from the department last night after charges preferred by Captain Ritter. The move came as a surprise to officers at the Dedham street station.
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John J. Healy
Ritter
Dedham Street
Lodge Art Charter Request Explained for Arts Institutes
The executive committee of the Academy of Arts and Letters issued a statement clarifying its inception and aims following Senator Lodge's January request to Congress for national charters for the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the Academy.
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New York
Congress
Senator Lodge
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Academy of Arts and Letters
The
Academy of Arts and Letters Formed in 1904
The Academy of Arts and Letters organized in 1904 by the National Institute of Arts and Letters, part of the American Social Science Association 1898, aims to advance art music and literature. The institute has 250 members. the academy is limited to 50 drawn from the institute. Initial seven members include Howells Clemens Stedman Hay Gaudens LaFarge MacDowell. An executive committee has been elected with Howells as President and Sloane as Chancellor. Institute officers include Sloane Van Dyke Alexander Whit ing, Mabie, and Johnson.
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Academy of Arts and Letters
National Institute of Arts and Letters
American Social Science Association
Institute
Academy
William Dean Howells
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Edmund Clarence Stedman
John Hay
Augustus St. Gaudens
John LaFarge
Edward MacDowell
Academy of 50
William M. Sloane
Robert Underwood Johnson
Subpenas Void in Panama Libel Probe Ruling
Judge Ward voided the subpoenas served on J Angus Shaw secretary of the Press Publishing Co and William P McLaughlin sporting editor of the New York World in the grand jury Libel inquiry over the Panama purchase The judge affirmed the fifth amendment right not to testify and urged counsel on how to protect oneself against self incrimination.
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New York
J. Angus Shaw
The
Press Publishing Company
William P. McLaughlin
New York World
Federal Grand Jury
Judge Ward
United States Circuit Court
Sale on New Business Overcoats at Reduced Prices
A retailer advertises fresh season business wear for all occasions with markdowns to clear stock. Black Kersey and Cheviot overcoats priced at 10 dollars, originally 15 dollars, in sizes 39 to 44, regular and stout fits.
Heroic Ride Saves Dye Plant Pay Roll From Bandits
Miss Emma Dodge, 23, faced two highwaymen at the Glenlyon dye works as they tried to steal a $6000 pay roll. Wounded by shots, she seized the reins and lashed the horse, guiding the sleigh to safety and escaping with the cash intact.
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R. I
Emma Dodge
Glenlyon Dye Works
Bourdon Divorce Hearings Detail Late Night Studio Photos
Witnesses in the divorce case of Mrs. Helen G. Bourdon accuse Oswin T. Bourdon of aiding in taking photographs of models in a studio after midnight. They also allege that profiles of a woman not his wife appeared on the shade of his Cambridge apartment during his wife's absence.
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Bourdon
Oswin T. Bourdon
Cambridge
Helen G. Bourdon
Death by own action pact ties two Maine deaths
In Rumford Falls Maine the coroner's inquest concluded Mrs Amy Snow committed suicide by drinking bichloride of mercury. The death of Arthur Gleason, husband of Mrs Snow, earlier today fueled theories of a joint self inflicted pact.
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Rumford Falls
Arthur Gleason
Amy
Arthur G. Snow
Snow
H. L. Elliott
Testimony Details Bourdon Lyall Links and Marblehead Incidents
Witnesses recount Bourdon’s statements about friendship with Clifford Lyall of Melrose and showings of Bourdon and companions at studios and hotels. Relations with her husband, a 1907 Marblehead clash, and alleged threats and violence are described with various sightings and motions.
Mystery Illness Claims Victims In Ridlonville
The body of Mrs. Snow was found in her Ridlonville boarding room after illness following Gleason’s snow shoveling work for the town. Dr. O L Hanlon attended Gleason who died about 2 am. both cases suspected poisoning but no official cause yet. Gleason, 28, and Snow, about 30, had lived on the same street and were longtime acquaintances from the paper bag factory era.
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Hanlon
Gleason
Mine Flood Kills 160 in Witwatersrand Disaster
Ten white men and 150 natives drowned when Knights Dam burst flooding the Witwatersrand gold mine after heavy rains. Rescue efforts followed as authorities investigated the disaster and its cause.
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Johannesburg
Transvaal
Witwatersrand
Knights
60 Summonses Out for Offending Teamsters
More than 60 summonses have been issued by the Municipal Criminal Court to teamsters for violations of new street traffic regulations. By next week, many more cases are expected to be called.
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Municipal Criminal Court
Joseph Leiter Operated on for Appendicitis in Chicago
Joseph Leiter former grain king and newly married husband underwent an appendectomy today at Augustana Hospital. He emerged from the operation in good condition with surgeons predicting recovery. Mrs. Leiter stayed by his side as word of the illness remained known to only a close circle.
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Chicago
Joseph Leiter
Augustana Hospital
Salada Tea Ad Claims Unmatched Quality and Flavor
A grocer’s prompt to ask for Salada tea highlights its claimed superiority in quality and flavor with no equal among brands. The copy emphasizes eager shopper appeal and brand assurance.
Robbery attempt wounds two. payroll escapes in sleigh
Charles E Randall and Miss Dodge were ambushed as they carried a payroll of about $6000 from Pawtucket to Phillipsdale. Randall was knocked unconscious and hospitalized in Providence. Dodge was shot in the face but steered the sleigh through a gallop to safety, with bandits fleeing into the woods.
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Charles E. Randall
Miss Dodge
Rhode Island
Chapel Street
Mr. Randall
Pawtucket
Phillipsdale
Vesta and Crew Feared Lost Off Newfoundland Coast
St John’s reports a Halifax bound fishing schooner named Vesta has likely sunk after a recent storm off the southern Newfoundland coast. Two broken boats bearing the Vesta’s name drifted ashore. The vessel carried six crewmen and survivors are not expected.
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ST. John’s
N. F
Vesta
Halifax
Grand Banks
Museum of Fine Arts Moves from Copley Square
From May 1 to June 1 the Museum of Fine Arts Boston will close its current building and move its collection to the new site at Huntington Avenue and the Fenway. The move will involve hundreds of workers and teams throughout May, following months of packing in the old space. The annual meeting elected Gardiner M. Lane as president and reappointed officers F. L. Higgison treasurer B. I. Gilman secretary Arthur Fairbanks and F. H. Damon as assistant treasurer.
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Boston
Museum of Fine Arts
Copley Square
Huntington Avenue
Fenway
Gardiner M. Lane
F. L. Higginson
B. I. Gilman
Arthur Fairbanks
F. H. Damon
New Subway Bill Proposed by Wells Memorial Meeting
A committee to draft a bill for a subway from Castle street to Dudley street was appointed at a Wells Memorial Hall gathering of real estate owners and business men. Ex Senator John F Cronin spoke on Washington street property losses totaling 4900000 while G W H Hammond urged a tunnel under Washington to Dudley street. The panel includes Henry Crine Pierce J Grace Bernard Berenson Timothy Smith and John F Cronin. They will ask the Board of Aldermen to publish property depreciation since 1901.
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Castle Street
Dudley Street
Legisaries
Wells Memorial Hall
John F. Cronin
Washington Street
G. W. H. Hammond
Henry Crine
Pierce J. Grace
Bernard Berenson
Timothy Smith
Board of Aldermen
South Mind
Loved Dancing Is Divorced
Arthur G. Evans received a divorce from Henrietta Evans in a California Superior Court judge’s ruling on desertion. Evans testified the separation stemmed from her refusal to move to California and her preference for attending dances in Haverhill where he could not dance, and he supports a child in Haverhill.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Arthur G. Evans
Henrietta Evans
Haverhill
Mass
James
California
House Committee Nearing Report on Agricultural Bill
The House committee on agriculture nearly finished consideration of the agricultural appropriation bill, with a total about 14 million dollars, roughly 2 million less than the Department of Agriculture estimates.
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Washington
House Committee On Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Suit Seeks 50000 For Mental Suffering In Bowles Case
Clara Haggett sues Philip E Bowles Jr in Oakland Superior Court seeking 50000 damages over alleged breach of promise to marry. Haggett, once a housemaid in Oakland, says Bowles met Metcalf, then secretary of the Navy, in Washington and promised marriage after returning to California. Bowles is described as son of a wealthy Oakland banker.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Philip E. Bowles, Jr
Navy Department
Metcalf
Clara Haggett
Bowles
Miss Haggett
Washington
California
Nebraska House Backs Humphrey Bill for Oregon Plan
The Nebraska House approved the committee report for the Humphrey bill to elect Senators by the Oregon plan. The measure, expected to pass both houses, is believed to give William J. Bryan a chance to be elected Senator.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska House Today
Committee of the Whole
Humphrey
Oregon
W. J. Bryan
Beam kills George Leach at Mystic wharf
George Leach aged 48 a boatswain living at 129 West Seventh Street South Boston was killed at Mystic wharf when a beam from the Pendleton Sisters fell on him during unloading from the schooner. A slipping chain caused the load to drop. Dr. Davis arrived too late.
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Pendleton Sisters
Mystic Wharf
George Leach
West Seventh Street
South Boston
Leach
Dr. Davis
Airship Under Construction by Zeppelin at Friedrichshafen
Count Zeppelin advances airship work at Friedrichshafen with a new craft to be named Zeppelin Sr. aimed for completion by late March. A floating tent is planned for housing the vessel and a new gas discharge method will vent gas upward through tubes to avoid explosions.
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Friedrichshafen
Zeppelin
Zeppelin Sr
R. R. Official Resigns at Grand Trunk Pacific
Montreal January 22 Frank W Morse first vice president and general manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific railway has resigned and his resignation has been accepted no reason given
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Montreal
Frank W. Morse
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
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