Tenants Describe Nuisance Conditions In Back Bay Hous ing
Tenants of Webster Jordan and Back Bay Realty apartments told a Post reporter about nuisance conditions amid official criticism from Mayor Peters Health Commissioner Woodward and others. They said tenants who notify the Board of Health of nuisances will be served with eviction notices.
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Webster-Jordan Company
Back Bay Realty Company
Peters
Woodward
Board of Health
Post
Welles
Francis J. W. Ford
Ford
Boston
Webster-Jordan tenants allege health nuisance amid rent hike notice
Massachusetts avenue apartments tenants report uncollected garbage, rats, and dirty corridors. They cite a percent increase and a warning that awnings screens and window displays will not be provided. City officials condemn the notice as a health risk and press for tenant protection laws.
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Massachusetts Avenue
City Hall
Webster-Jordan Company
St. Botolph Street
W. R. Webster
J. L. Jordan
George B. Welles
L. B. Rowe
Council Flays Health Board Over Badges and Home Visits
City councillors criticized the health bureau’s social hygiene program and the 15 department badges in circulation among unaffiliated persons. They urged an investigation and proposed a physician committee. Health Commissioner Woodward defended: no badges issued under his watch as he sought funds to establish the bureau with a $740 yearly payroll.
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McDonald
Moriarty
Health Department
William C. Woodward
Health Service
Woodward
Bureau of Social Hygiene
General Ruckman Goes to Washington Conference
Brigadier General John W. Ruckman commander of the North Atlantic Coast Artillery district departed yesterday for Washington to attend a conference of the national coast defense board.
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Ruckman
Washington
John W. Ruckman
North Atlantic Coast Artillery District
National Coast Defence Board
New Junior Confesses Murder Over Unborn Child Plan
In Los Angeles a man named Harry S. New Jr. confessed he shot Frieda Lesser after learning she planned an abortion and refused to marry him. He said his motive was fear she would destroy their unborn child, and he described discussions with a nurse who warned of the operation. The case links to Senator Harry S. New of Indiana.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Frieda Lesser
Topanga Canyon
Harry S. New, Jr
United States
Harry S. New
Indiana
Freda
Freida
New
Senator New
Mr. New
Mississippi Street
Indianapolis
Miss Lesser
Clyde Minnis
Cline
Prisoner New under guard after self destruction fears
The prisoner New, described as blind and irresponsible, shows nervousness and despondency and fears of self harm. A jail trustee will stay in his cell and a guard will watch him by day. New will have an attorney and hopes Senator New will aid him. His mother Lily Burger appealed via his half sister Edna Clancy. Details trace his life from Notre Dame to Denver and his motive for shooting Freda Lesser during a tense interrogation with detective Herman Cline.
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London
California
Ora Harkness
Notre Dame
Denver University
John W. Clayhoot
Indianapolis
Senator New
H. P. Dixon
American Sash & Door Company
New
Miss Clancy
Dixon
Edna Clancy
Lily Burger
Serrator
Notre Dame University
Denver
Freda Lesser
Herman Cline
Diploma Goes With His Medal
Private Arthur J. Barry returned home to 304 Allston Street Cambridge and valued a French printed item with wind ing epaulets at two million dollars, noting the quirky pairing of diploma and medal.
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Arthur J. Barry
Barry
Allston Street
Cambridge
Boston War Hero Earns The Diplomatic Medal Of Honor
Barry, a Boston man, wears exclusive medals and a rare “diploma” paper from a World War I service. He started military service in February 1916 in Bordeaux, fought at Verdun, earned a War Cross, then served in the AEF Aviation and Light Railway and Roads regiments. The document, likened to a diploma, distinguishes him alongside John F. Brown as one of the few with such credentials.
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Missouri
Barry
Consack
Bordeaux
Boston
Verdun
America
Light Railway and Roads Regiment
John F. Brown
Clash of Poles and Germans in Kattowitz Violence
At Kattowitz in upper Silesia a clash between Poles and Germans left several dead and many wounded after a mass meeting by Germans protesting Polish occupation. Four thousand Poles from surrounding areas attacked the meeting and threw speakers from the platform as clashes with police and military ensued.
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Copenhagen
Kattowitz
Upper Silesia
Beubhen
Haller
Will Keep Kolchak and Gen. Denikine in Touch
Paris July 7 General Dragomiroff arrived to relay communications for Admiral Kolchak and General Denikine. He will keep Kolchak informed on political and military developments in Southern Russia and plans to stay in Paris for two to three weeks.
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Kolchak and
Gen. Denikine
Paris
Dragomiroff
Admiral Kolchak
Omsk
Denikine
Russia
Kolchak
Two Cents to Transfer on New York Street Cars
Public Service Commissioner Nixon empowered Job Hedges, receiver for the New York Railways Company, to charge two cents for transfers at points where legal. The charge will run for one year and replaces 99 of 103 transfer points.
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New York
Public Service
Nixon
Job Hedges
New York Railways Company
Manhattan
Hooche Cooche for College at Columbia University
Oriental dancers will assist Vahan Kalenderian in teaching history at Columbia next fall. Dancers in native costumes will perform to interpret Eastern ideals and customs for Abyssinia Afghanistan and Baluchistan, while phonograph records will introduce the music of Eastern peoples to American students.
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New York
Vahan
Kalenderian
United States
Columbia University
University
Department of Public Information
East
Columbia
Abyssinia
Afghanistan
Baluchistan
Name Squares After Heroes
City Council unanimously approves orders to name junctions in honor of fallen service members Captain Hamilton Coolidge at Charles and Cambridge Streets and Corporal George Anslow at Walk Hill and Norfolk Streets. Mayor's committee on heroes names to review both proposals.
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Charles and
Cambridge
Hamilton Coolidge
Coolidge
4Th Aero Squadron
France
J. Randolph Coolidge
Hagan
McDonald
Walk Hill
Norfolk Streets
Anslow
George Anslow
Mayor’s Committee On
Steps for Extradition of Kaiser Being Taken
London July 7 The allies have not yet made official representations to the Dutch government on the extradition of the former German Emperor but steps are being taken. Government spokesman Andrew Bonar Law told the House of Commons in reply to a member that unofficial communications would prefer not to be revealed. A later question noted that nobody particularly wants the ex Kaiser brought here, drawing applause.
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Kaiser
London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Plant Employees to Continue Strike Rally in Roxbury Hall
About 1000 strikers from the Thomas G. Plant Shoe Company and sympathizers gathered at Hibernian Hall Roxbury for a meeting led by the Allied and United Shoe Workers Union. After speeches by public officials and union leaders the group decided to press on with the strike. Senator Kearney Senator Count and Representative Bogah spoke at the gathering led by William Reed as chairman.
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Thomas G. Plant Shoe Company
Hibernian Hall
Roxbury
William Reed
Allied and United Shoe Workers Union
Kearney
Count
Bogah
General Weaver Seriously Ill in Washington
Major General E M Weaver former chief of the Coast Artillery Corps is seriously ill in Walter Reed Hospital Washington D C word received by his son in law Colonel W W Rose Also noted he commanded the Fifth Massachusetts Infantry during the Spanish War and was drill master of Boston public schools Colonel Rose and his wife the general s daughter plan to leave for Washington today
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E. M. Weaver
Coast Artillery Corps
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
W. W. Rose
Weaver
Fifth Massachusetts Infantry
Boston
Rose
Washington
Morgan Memorial Camp Opens Today for 150 Children
The Morgan Memorial summer camp at South Athol will welcome 150 South End children who will stay through September 1. At 9 o'clock this morning a fleet of Morgan Memorial vehicles will depart Shawmut Avenue to begin the 1 2 mile trip.
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South Athol
South End
Shawmut Avenue
Kingsbury Brown Engaged to PittsburgWoman Sophie Acheson
Mrs Charles H Spencer of Pittsburg announces the engagement of her niece Miss Sophie R Acheson to Kingsbury Brown son of Mr and Mrs Charles A Brown of Auburndale The bride to be is daughter of the late George R Acheson of Pittsburg No wedding date has been set.
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Kingsbury Brown
Pittsburg
Charles H. Spencer
Sophie R. Acheson
Charles A. Brown
Auburndale
Miss Acheson
George R. Acheson
Greeks Reoccupy Aidin Says Greek Bureau
Paris July 7 Greek troops have re occupied Aidin according to the Greek information bureau Aidin located about sixty miles southeast of Smyrna had been evacuated by the Greeks and entered by the Turks according to reports received last week by Vives
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Paris
Aidin
Greek Information Bureau
Smyrna
Vives
City Council weighs another pay boost for firefighters and police
A proposed order by Councillor Hagan recommends raising the maximum pay for firemen and policemen to 1800 dollars. Previously the top pay had been increased from 1400 to 1600 by Mayor Peters, with budget provisions and city council support.
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Hagan
Council weighs tax effects of police fire pay rise
Several council members signaled support for Hagan and der as they consider the impact of price increases on the city tax rate. Hagan’s order urges the mayor to shift the 1920 budget to set a minimum annual pay of 1200 for policemen and firemen with a 100 yearly rise to reach 1800. Current 1600 earners gain 200 with the max raised. Sergeants at 1800 would trigger a general upward revision. The order was tabled for more study.
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Hagan
Ice in Boston Fountains Seeks City Approval
President Francis J. W. Ford of the City Council won passage of an order for an appropriation to keep ice in public drinking fountains throughout the city. He cited summer heat and hardship among the poor, calling it shameful that Boston should lack such relief. Mayor Peters must approve before funds are released.
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Francis J. W. Ford
Ford
Boston
Peters
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