Fights Before Council Over Nominations and Rutland Trustees
The Governor's Executive Council meets amid a rare political clash. Three nominations stalled, a move to remove Rutland Sanatorium trustees, and an inquiry into the Foxboro institution for disomaniacs and inebriates dominate the session. Aweigh battles surround Woodward Emery, Alonzo Weed, John T. G. Nichols, and Samuel W. George as disputants press for or against reappointment amid party tensions. The gas commission case delays to Friday with efforts to keep George heard before the full council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governor Guild
Rutland
Foxboro
Woodward Emery
Harbor and Land Commissioners
William A. Nye
Cape Cod
Alonzo R. Weed
Newton
Samuel W. George
John T. G. Nichols
Cambridge
Board of
Governor's Council
Bartlett
Lynn
Cox
Malden
Weed
Gas Commission
George
Mr. Weed
Thunderbolts End Cadets Camp Fete At Hingham
Heavens artillery drove off the First Corps of Cadets and Governor Guild during a camp fete after a review. Governor Guild and party arrived by steam yacht, were greeted with military honors, and attended a packed program with cadet drills, the Cadet Band, and a fashionably attended promenade along Burditt avenue.
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Guild
Corps of Cadets
Hingham
Heaven
Governor Guild
Nature
Chorus Girls Escape Major Collision in Boston Car Incident
Four chorus girls at a Boston playhouse narrowly avoided injury when a runaway auto sped toward them on Boylston Street in Brookline. The car halted within inches of a heavy wagon, its wheels grazing the vehicle as passengers rode by. The women panicked and two attempted to jump, one struck the lip by the front seat. all were shaken but uninjured.
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Boston
Brookline
Boylston Street
Judge Dana Resigns Senate Seat to Become Superior Court Judge
Clerk Coolidge records the resignation of President William F Dana from the first Middlesex district senate seat. Dana will serve as a Superior Court judge after a European trip and departs with his family on July 18.
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Coolidge
Senate
William F Dana
Middlesex
Dana
Superior Court
Longworths Attend Paris Embassy Reception Dance Event
Mr and Mrs Nicholas Longworth joined a large French and American society gathering at the American embassy in Paris hosted by Ambassador and Mrs McCormick. An open air theatre in the Bois de Boulogne featured Greek ancient French and Cambodian dances by Cambodian royal dancers and King Sisowatch of Cambodia, present with French ministers and the diplomatic corps. The Republican Guard Band provided music.
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Paris
Nicholas Longworth
McCormick
Bois de Boulogne
Mme. Leygues
Sisowatch
Cambodia
Longworth
Cuba-Big Brother Cigarros Offer Five for Ten Cents
An advertisement promotes The Cuba-Big Brother Cigarros a box of five for 10 cents. It claims the cigars use the same tobacco as higher priced brands and will cut the smoking bill by four-fifths. Sold where tobacco is sold. Estabrook & Eaton.
Peach Praises The Eighth In Drill At Camp Bancroft
Major-General B F Peach praised the Eighth Regiment after reviewing them at Camp Bancroft saying he never saw it show more snap and precision in drill. He noted his 36 years with the regiment and 17 years as its commander after the Civil War. Other guests included Major Henry L Giggins on and Colonel Thomas L Livermore with a 13 gun salute honoring Peach and Bancroft.
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South Framingham
B. F. Peach
Post
Camp Bancroft
Henry L. Higginson
Thomas L. Livermore
Bancroft
Parsons
Peach
Drowning Rescue at Wood Island Park Heroic Involvement
Swimming instructor Mathew Leary of Wood Island Park saved two girls from drowning yesterday afternoon. Jennie Edwardson, 15, of 6 Cross street, and Annie Ryan, 16, of 153 Maverick street, East Boston, were pulled to shore and cared for at the bath-house before being returned home. Leary, a known athlete and life-saver, modestly accepted congratulations.
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Mathew Leary
Wood Island Park
Jennie Edwardson
Cross Street
Annie Ryan
Maverick Street
Boston
Leary
Woman Fights Policeman at Salem Headquarters
Rebecca Goldstein claimed Salem residency as she resisted Officer McCaffrey during her detention transfer. She shrieked and fought to avoid the hospital, tearing the officer’s hands from her waist and fleeing before being escorted to the detention room. The report also notes a returning youth and circus background.
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Rebecca Goldstein
Salem
McCaffrey
House of Detention
Colored burglar sentenced to eight to ten years
John Henry a colored man was sentenced by Judge Bishop in the Superior Criminal Court to eight to ten years in the State prison for breaking and entering. He had 12 to 15 breaks and many fancy suspenders found in his room.
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John Henry
Bishop
Superior Criminal Court
John Riley
James Dwyer
Joseph Keene
Roxbury
Riley
New York
Keene
Missing Melrose Highlands Boy Re Turns Home After Hard Times
Stuart Messenger, 15, son of Winthrop Messenger, returned home to Melrose Highlands after a period of hunger and hardship. He had been missing and was found tired and careworn following troubling experiences.
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Melrose Highlands
Stuart Messenger
Winthrop Messen
Melrose Highlands Missing Person Found
A resident of Melrose Highlands who had been missing for three days returned home yesterday morning.
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Melrose Highlands
Williams denies refusal to meet Bryan at New York reception
Mr Williams says a reporter fabricated the claim he refused to meet George Fred Williams at the New York reception hosted by the Commercial Travellers Anti Trust League. He confirms accepting an invitation to meet Mr Bryan in New Haven and states he did not receive an invitation to the New York event.
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George Fred
Colonel Bryan
George Fred Williams
William J. Bryan
New York
Commercial Travellers’ Anti-Trust League
Mr. Bryan
New Haven
Police Order Tightens Liquor Law Enforcement
Police Commissioner Stephen O Meara issued a general order requiring officers to diligently report liquor law violations and to proactively supply information to the licensing board. The order states the department remains responsible for enforcing all liquor laws whether sellers are licensed or not, and vows punishment for neglect of duty.
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Stephen O’meara
Licensing Board
Police Department
Bon Voyage to Masons of De Molay on Ivernia
A Boston Masons group from De Molay commandery sent off the Cunard steamship Ivernia at East Boston with confetti and flags while the tug Orion trailed. The voyage includes stops in Liverpool Stratford on Avon London Oxford Brussels Cologne Venice Rome Naples and Gibraltar with return planned for August. Notables include Dr F R Chapman Judge M Bruce Dr M Vassar Pierce Charles J Barton and Walter A Wood.
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Ivernia
East Boston
Boston
France
Brussels
Cologne
Venice
Rome
Naples
Gibraltar
F. R. Chapman
Co. M. Bruce
Malden
M. Vassar Pierce
Charles J. Barton
Walter A. Wood
Orion
Employee Crushed to Death in Somerville RR Shop
William A. White a 50 year old Boston and Maine railroad employee of 488 Summer street East Boston was crushed between two slowly moving trains in a Somerville repair shop yesterday morning He died en route to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
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William A. White
Summer Street
East
Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad
Somerville
White
Massachusetts General Hospital
Lowell Mill Workers Demand Higher Pay This Week
The textile council in Lowell plans to demand wage increases for all cotton mill operatives this week. Workers argue Lowell wages trail New Bedford and Fall River and the council will meet Thursday night to set plans.
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Lowell
Textile Council
New Bedford
Fall River
Fires cause second alarms on water front
Two fires within moments sparked crowds along the waterfront and drew the downtown fire department into a lively response. The first blaze occurred at A. S. Morse and Co. ware rooms at 210 and 218 Commercial Street, then a larger fire on the third floor of 17 and 19 Storer Street belonging to E. A. Berrigan, with both incidents quickly controlled and only small losses. Mayor Fitzgerald visited the scene as rumors spread of a major fire in the oil district.
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Fitzgerald
City Hall
A. S. Morse and Co
Commercial Street
Metropolitan Steamship Company
Storer Street
E. A. Berrigan
Mutual Life Co reform pledge _Peabody letter to policyholders_
New York July 10 Not one executive officer of the Mutual Life Insurance Company remains in service for past conditions. The company has prohibited doubtful practices fixed officer responsibility adopted efficiency and economy measures saving nearly 1 000 000 annually. Samuel Untermeyer protests noting the document is used for Peabody election campaigning and withheld from the policy holders committee.
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New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Charles A. Peabody
Peabody
Mutual
Samuel Untermeyer
Mutual and
New York Life Insurance Companies
Ladies' 3.00 Russia Calf and Gun Metal Ox Fords
Reading from the fragment, a catalog-like entry lists footwear styles described as Russia Calf and Gun Metal Ox fords priced at three dollars. The wording resembles an old fashion ad or notice for shoe models.
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Russia
Boston Lawyer Released After Misidentification
Carl Gerstein a Boston lawyer arrived in New York to practice law was freed by a police magistrate after 24 hours in custody. An errand boy had identified him as the thief of a C O D order from July 3. Harvard Law School graduate Gerstein proved he arrived the day of the alleged theft.
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New York
Carl Gerstein
Boston
Gerstein
Joseph Smith
Harvard Law School
Brighton pugilist patrolman resigns amid mystery
Brighton residents were shocked to learn Patrolman Thomas Shaw of Station 14 resigned from the force yesterday. Shaw, once a noted prize fighter and hailed as one of the department’s strongest men, left after rumors of potential charges by Captain Warren. Shaw’s friends say he could have cleared himself, but chose to resign, sending the notice to Commissioner O’Meara.
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Brighton
Thomas Shaw
Station 14
Shaw
Warren
O’meara
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