Campaign Exceeds 100000 for Union Rescue Mission Home
A business men's drive surpassed the $100000 goal for a new Union Rescue Mission home, finishing about $1500 over target. Forty active teams hosted a luncheon at Ford Hall as final tallies were announced, with teems led by C W Davidson and Mrs Charles Welden. Construction on Dover Street will begin immediately for a three story brick building with sleeping quarters for hundreds, expanded evening services, free baths, and a roof playground for children. FE M Call and W B Stockwell will run the new facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. F. Davidson
C. W. Davidson
Charles Welden
Frank W. Wyman
Chandler & Co
Charles Jones
Dover Street
FE. M. Call
W. B. Stockwell
Curley Plans Appeal After City Job Restorations
Mayor Curley said he will appeal Judge Churchill's ruling ordering the reinstatement of three city officials in the water and sewer department and public works division after their positions were abolished. The mayor instructed the law department to study the city's options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curley
Joseph R. Churchill
Dorchester Municipal Court
Frank A. McInnes
Water and Sewer Department
Bliss W. Robinson
Storrs L. Durkee
Public Works Department
Law Department
Boston to host 19th Greeters convention in 1917
Boston will host the 19th convention of the Greeters national hotel clerks association, announced by Ivan C. Hight. New England members say hotel men from across the United States will attend a large gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
National Association of Hotel Clerks
Ivan C. Hight
New England Association
United States
Mayor backs new Police Station on current site
Mayor Curley voiced support for a new five or six story Police Station 2 building on the present City Hall avenue and Williams court site to save at least $125,000 on land costs. Real estate expert John Beck outlined the parcel and proposed layout with basement garage and offices, awaiting Police Commissioner O'Meara's review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curley
Police Station
City Hall Avenue
Williams Court
John Beck
O’meara
Beck
City Hall
Funeral for Linn Boyd Porter Held Tomorrow
Funeral services for Linn Boyd Porter known as Albert Ross, former newspaper man and novelist, will be held at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Second Unitarian Church in Back Bay. The Rev. Samuel R. Maxwell will officiate with Massachusetts Lodge A F and A M in charge. A Boston Press Club delegation will attend. Burial follows at Cambridge Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn Boyd Porter
Robert Edegon
Porter
Boston
Cambridge Cemetery
Cambridge
New Chinese ministry formed with war premier Tang foreign head
Pekin announces a compromise cabinet led by Tuan Chi-Jui as premier and war minister with Tang Shao-Yi handling foreign affairs. Other posts include Hsu Shih-Ying interior Chen Pih-Kuan navy Chang Kuo-Kan commerce and agriculture Chang Yao-Tseng education Sung Hung-Yi communications Wang Ta-Hsien and Chen Chin-Tdo at finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
China
Li Yudn Lung
Tuan Chi-Jui
Tang Shao-Yi
Yuan Shi Kai
Burns Prove Fatal to Quincy Child
Filomena Peta aged 6, daughter of Mr and Mrs Antonio Peta Italian merchants at 159 Canal Street Quincy, died at Quincy Hospital after her dress caught fire from a lighted gas stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Filomena Peta
Antonio Peta
Canal Street
Quincy Hospital
Cadets Honor Militia General With Elaborate Burial
In Camp Whitney the First Corps Cadets held a solemn funeral for General Militia. Adjutant General Charles H. Cole led mourners as candles burned on bayonets and taps echoed. A birth cheered the camp as news spread of Baby Federal National Guard arriving, casting a bittersweet tone over the ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Whitney
First Corps
Charles H. Cole
Mgr. M. Y
B Company
Chopin
Federal National Guard
Militia
Waldo K. Parkhurst
H. F. Barber
F. J. Kurriss
J. F. Datson
R. E F. Archibald
H. V. Markey
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
Actress Swasey Alleges Husband Choked Her in Court
Mrs. Anna M. Swasey a former Anna Held model told Suffolk county court she was assaulted by her husband Lieutenant George Truman Swasey U S N She displayed bruises on her neck claimed he choked her at home in a domestic relations session seeking relief and protection from further harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna M. Swasey
Anna Held
Suffolk County Court
George Truman Swasey
Swasey Found Guilty and Libel Dismissed in Boston Case
The court records show Swasey was found guilty and the case placed on file. Judge Morton ordered dismissed a libel suit by Lieutenant Swasey alleging unfaithfulness. Mrs Swasey testified she visited John Hilliard at the Hotel Minerva to learn about Hilliard's statements and was grabbed by her husband at the door. The alleged assault left her with a swollen cheek and marks on her neck. She said she may seek work in New York as a model or actress after the incident. Swasey, stationed at the navy yard, has sea leave and may soon depart for Mexico, having earlier served in the Philippines and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swasey
Morton
Minerva
Huntington Avenue
John Hilliard
Charlestown Navy Yard
Hilliard
Militia Oath Mostly Taken Coast Artillery and Sixth Regiment Sworn
The Massachusetts militia nearly completed swearing into the federal guards last night with the Coast Artillery Corps and Sixth Regiment taking the oath. Refusals were small except in the machine gun and mounted orderly companies at Quincy where 10 of 50 and 14 of 20 declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Militia
Federal Guards
Coast Artillery Corps
Quincy
National Guard swearing in rush completes by July 1
The bill for establishing the National Guard set a July 1 swearing in deadline. Last night many men in multiple companies hurried the oath, with some still out of town and returning to their armories today. The Coast Artillery Corps gains a band for field deployment and 20 of 22 band members took the oath. All officers and most enlisted personnel at corps headquarters were sworn in, one enlisted member remaining unsworn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Coast Artillery Corps
South Armory
Emergency fund drive surpasses four thousand dollars
Contributions to the Special Aid Society for American Preparedness emergency fund topped 3700 at 541 Boylston Street. Donors include Charles F Choate Jr 500 Lowell Smith 100 Edward My Brewer 25 Mrs G J Townsend 10 and others. The Ford motor truck fund for First Field Artillery shows multiple pledges from Mrs Edward Cunningham Mrs Barrett Wendell and several others totaling 75.00. Recruits celebrated a premature Fourth of July with tin horns firecrackers and torpedoes as the guard struggled to control them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special Aid Society For American Preparedness
Society
Boylston Street
Charles F. Choate, Jr
SOHN
Lowell i
Edward My Brewer
G. J. Townsend
Alecein Wen
First Field Artillery
Guard
Boston
Louise R. Stanwood
Manchester
Cole
Mexico
Women's City Club
Charles H. Cole
William Lowell Putnam
Mass rally drives relief for Massachusetts militiamen families
Citizens across the Commonwealth organize fund drives and volunteer teams to aid families of 5000 Massachusetts militiamen stationed at the border. The Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association reports $44,932 raised. headquarters open at Kilby Street with 20 clerks and plans to prevent duplicate aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
McCall
Governor's Council
Volunteer Aid Association
Kilby Street
Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association
John H. Oakes
City of
Boston
Fund of Mass
Adjutant General Defends Camp Whitney Conditions
Adjutant General Cole refutes criticism of the Framingham mobilization stating Massachusetts has mobilized 5500 officers and men in 10 days with field ready uniforms rifles and ammunition. He says troops are inoculated for typhoid and each detachment has a medical officer. food was ample at the armory and camp and enough for five days on the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp
Whitney
Cole
Framingham
National Guard of
Massachusetts
Massachusetts National Guard Mobilizes Troops at Framingham
The report notes 25 new men joined and camped at Framingham with blankets tents under clothing and food. Troops receive typhoid inoculations and medical care from state doctors. Officers and men are praised for calm leadership during emergency as Massachusetts becomes first state to mobilize and entrain units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Framingham
National Guard
Massachusetts
Relief fund for Massachusetts soldiers swells by 8000 dollars
The Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association reports a jump of more than 8000 dollars in gifts for families of soldiers sent to the Mexican border, bringing total acknowledgments to 36,772 dollars plus numerous contributions from individuals and firms. Subscriptions should be sent to George C. Lee at Lee Higginson & Co. in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association
McCall
Boston
Cole
Massachusetts
John Balch
State Trouse
Katherine Ff Loring
Beverly
Association
Loring
Kilby Street
Mexico
Red Cross
The
Newbury Street
L. T. Newall
Boston and Metropolitan
George C. Lee
Lee
Lee, Higginson & Co
State Street
Tauscher Is Acquitted By Jury In Canada Canal Plot
Hans Tauscher former German army officer is acquitted by a New York jury of conspiracy to blow up the Welland Canal. The verdict followed a 50 minute deliberation as Tauscher and his family showed emotion. The federal indictment named Franz von Papen Wolf von Tegel Alfred Fritzen and Constantino Covani with Tauscher as alleged agent of Krupp gun works. Von Igel awaiting trial. Fritzen and Covani reportedly fled the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hans Tauscher
Welland Canal
Captain Tauscher
Madame Gadski
Lotta Tauschér
Roger B. Wood
Tauscher
Franz von Papen
Germany
Wolf von Tegel
Alfred A. Fritzen
Constantine Covani
Krupp
von Igel
Fritzen
Covani
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Union
Ford Hall
Pausf Gy Tos Yao
Uy Ya
Automatic Eeries Basement
Repps
Norfolk
Special Aid
Edward Cunningham
J. M. Sears
Barrett Wendell
Harold Murdock
S.H. Feasenden
Bayard Thayer
Eseser
Nathaniel Thayer
Andrew Fiske
R. M. Saltonstall
Robert W. Emmons
John Lowell
Grand Lodge and
Balti
Metropolitan Line
Cape Cod Canal
Long Island Sound
Best Hotels
Baltimore
GEO. E. M
Sters, Inc
Thomas E. Proctor
Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company
Heywood Brothers
L. C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter Company
International Trust Company
Charles G. Bancroft
Appeal For
Mexico City
San Antonio
el Paso
Essex County
American Red Cross
Louisa P. Loring
Pride’s Crossing
G. A. R. Hall
Bessie Baker
Nahant
Willie Fay
J. W. Carter
Andover
Bartlett Hayes
Lawrence
Clara Prescott
Salem
Wilbur Haggett
Newburyport
Marjorie Bernheimer
Washington
Bernheimer
Manchester Red Cross
Massachusetts Hospital
Masconomo
Topsfield
Pride's Crossing
Marblehead
Gloucester
Civic Federation Aids
National Civic Federation
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
New England
Mary Hatch Willard
Livingston Cushing
New Hampshire
Charles P. Bancroft
Concord
Maine
Adam P. Leighton Jr
Portland
Rhode Island
Warren K. Lippett
Providence
Connecticut
Frank S. Garvin
James P. Andrews
Hartford
Mixter
Lawrence J. Logan
Edward L. Logan
Ninth Regiment
Frances W. Sprague
Samuel J. Mixter
J. Montgomery Sears
South Framingham
Melrose
Charles H Adams
E. E. Babb
John GC. Heyer
Boon
Herold W. Dana
Bernard J. Rothwell
Philip & Sears
Morse Bros. & Ebriich Ca
S. DL
D. Wheeler
Spas One
Mt.Vernon
Cayton
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