Cambridge Boys Held For Breaks
Three Cambridge youths John J Grace John Cooper and Walter J Geary faced the Cambridge District Court on breaking and entering charges. Patrolmen Dwyer and Kelly arrested them after admitting a dozen Cambridge breaks with loot from 5 to 100 dollars. Cooper and Geary were held under 1000 dollars for the grand jury. Grace under 1000 dollars for Juvenile Court next Saturday.
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Cambridge
John J. Grace
John Cooper
Walter J. Geary
Cambridge District Court
Dwyer and
Kelly
Cambridge Force
Back Bay
Somerville
Cooper
Geary
Grace
Massachusetts Librarians Convene at Simmons College
Delegates from across the state attend a three day Institute for Librarians at Simmons College under the Free Public Library Commission. Dr Henry Le Favre welcomes attendees as Miss Alice Haseltine outlines children's reading and schools partnership opportunities are explored.
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Institute For Librarians
Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts
Simmons College
Henry Lefavour
Simmons
Alice Haseltine
St. Louis
Brooklyn Public Library
Massachusetts
Man Killed at Penn Identified as Second Year Student
Philadelphia police identified Anthony W. Holfelner a second year medical student at the University of Pennsylvania as the intruder slain in the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity house. The identification was made by former roommate Harry E. Berger.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Alpha Chi Rho
University of Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin Schapeilee
Anthony W. Holfelner
Buffalo
N. Y
Harry E. Berger
Holfelner
House Won’t Change Law on Streetcar Fares
The House refused a third reading of a bill that would let street railway companies raise fare schedules subject to Public Service Commission approval. The measure, seen as removing fare regulation from riders, faced strong opposition as it shifts control to the companies. A separate tax bill lowered the exemption for single men from $2000 to $1000 and extended widowers with dependents to the same basis as married men with children.
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House of Representatives
Public Service Commission
Roy Sisters Alleged Abused by Immigrant Officials
New York July 15 The New York Bureau of Legal Advice says it complained to the Washington Labor Department about mistreatment of Margaret and Jeanette Roy Scotch Sisters held at Ellis Island for four months awaiting deportation. They were judged as IWW agitators in Seattle last winter and ordered deported as undesirable. The latest report says they were to be deported without passports on a cattle boat to England, the only women among 100 men aboard.
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New York
England
Shipping Board threatens mass layoff if wage boosts rejected
A telegram from Washington warns the International Seamen's Union of America that the United States Shipping Board will discharge all hands on its steamers, blow off steam, and lock the fleet if wage increases are not accepted. Only a watchman will be kept on each ship, testing union strength as a broader strike by marine workers spreads from Boston to Atlantic ports.
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International Seamen’s Union of America
United States Shipping Board
Washington
Shipping Board
Boston
Atlantic
Boston Ship Strike Leaves 1200 Workers Idle
Nearly 40 steamers mainly Shipping Board craft lie crewless in Boston harbor as the strike begins at midnight. Firemen water tenders oilers cooks coal passers and seamen walk off after union summons following Monday night’s talks. Officials refuse to adopt a three watch system or closed shop while wage increases are offered but fall short of union demands.
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Shipping Board
Boston
Union
Dr True's Elixir Featured as Stomach Health Cure
An advertisement claims nine tenths of sickness stems from bowel issues and touts Dr True's Elixir as the reliable remedy to restore stomach and bowel function. It notes widespread pharmacist availability and integrity, with druggists using it in their own families.
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True
Eastern Line forbids forwarding freight from Portland port
Officials of the Eastern Steamship Lines at Portland were told not to accept shipments to be re forwarded on any steamship lines out of Boston or New York. The measure does not affect freight destined for Boston.
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Portland
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc
Boston
New York
Ship Strike Amid Washington Orders And Boston Meetings
Washington orders prompt action as the New England Steamship Association drafts a telegram urging use of government trained crews. Maine Coast Steamship Co signs wage and condition agreements, while several lines resist. Harbor tugs at Boston are idle and multiple ships lack crews, threatening coal and freight movement and public welfare until a settlement is reached.
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Washington
New England Steamship Association
Hurley
Capital
Shipping Board
Boston
Seamen's Union
Carroll Arrested for Jewelry Theft in Brookline
Frank M. Carroll of Boston was arrested in the West End by Inspector O Neil and turned over to Brookline police for the alleged larceny of $1000 in jewelry from W. E. Sealey 82 Kennard Street Brookline. Sealey's home was entered on the night of July 11. Carroll will be arraigned in Brookline District Court this morning.
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Frank M. Carroll
Boston
West End
O'Neil
Brookline
W. E. Sealey
Kennard Street
Sealey
Carroll
Remarried Couple Louis Kurinsky Reunites After Divorce
Mr and Mrs Louis Kurinsky of 254 Broadway Malden are described as very happy after reconciling and remarrying following a divorce two years prior The notice notes their renewed union and mentions the couple as content in their seaside metaphor comparison.
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Louis Kurinsky
Broadway, Malden
Kurinsky Couple Remarry Quietly After Divorce
Kurinsky couple wed again after a two year separation ending in Lowell with a discreet decree. The remarriage follows earlier quiet divorce proceedings and suggests a pattern of low profile life events for the pair.
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Kurinsky
Kurinskys
Lowell
Pershing Receives Warm Welcome in London Arrival
General Pershing arrived in London by special train at Victoria station. He was met by Major-Generals Harbord, Brewster, Hines and Davis and escorted to the royal carriage. Crowds cheered as he traveled to the Carlton Hotel where he planned to establish headquarters.
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London
Pershing
Victoria Station
Harbord
Brewster
Hines
Davis
George
Scot Guards
Jackie
Carlton Hotel
General Pershing
Readjust Export Rates For The South
Readjustment of export freight rates to South Atlantic and Gulf ports will start soon to permit shipments through those gateways on equal terms with New York and the East. Director of Traffic Chambers and Director of Public Service Thelen assured representatives of the South and Middle West.
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Washington
South Atlantic
Gulf Ports
Railroad Administration
New York
East
Traffic Chambers
Public Service
Thelen
South
Middle West
Foreign crews quit in New York harbor
In New York harbor a strike spread as crews on a dozen foreign registry ships left their vessels. GA Brown said the action aimed to support American sailors and push for wage equality at sea.
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New York Harbor
New York
Gus H. Brown
Eastern and Gulf
International Seamen’s Association
Brown
Three Women Plead for Leniency in Bigamy Case
In Chicago on July 15 Judge Windes hears three women plead for mercy for a husband charged with bigamy. The women describe him as kind and loving and express their distress over the prospect of prison for him.
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Chicago
Windes
Bigamy Plea With Probation For Man Living With Three Wives
Joseph Edwards, 41, pleaded guilty to two bigamy indictments. The judge ordered a one year probation requiring Edwards to live with his legal wife Mary McKinsley Edwards while his other two marriages to Anna Swatek and Mabel LaDue are annulled. Edwards had dated all three spouses while working as an express company employee and living at 219 Goethe Street.
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Robert Cantwell, Jr
Joseph Edwards
Mary McKinsley Edwards
Anna Swatek
Mabel LaDue
Edwards No
Edwards
Goethe Street
Cantwell
Provincetown Skipper Simeon West Dies at 83
Captain Simeon L. West a lineal descendant of Francis West of the Mayflower dies at 83 in Provincetown after a long seafaring career. He captained the largest vessels out of Provincetown for about four decades before retiring twenty years ago. Born in White Point North Carolina he was the son of Eben and Harriet West and married Eliza McLean 58 years ago. He leaves a daughter Cora G. W. Fuller of Provincetown.
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Provincetown
Simeon L. West
Francis West
White Point
N. C
Eben and
Harriet (Lavender) West
Eliza McLean
Cora G. W. Fuller
Bandit Raisuli Repulsed After El Arish Attack
Madrid reports Raisuli the Moorish bandit attacked Spanish positions at El Arish but was repulsed after a long bitter fight. The official note said Spanish troops had cut his camp’s communications with Tangier and he renewed the attack furiously.
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Raisuli
Madrid
Tilton Boy Hurt In Crash With Auto
James King 17, son of Mr and Mrs William J King of Tilton, was seriously injured when his motorcycle collided with a touring car driven by George Dorman of Franklin between Tilton and Franklin tonight.
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Tilton
WN. H
James King
William J. King
Here
Franklin
George Dorman
Fur Auction in New York Sees 25 Percent Price Jump
New York July 15 The two day fur sale closed with sales near 1.6 million dollars on about 200000 skins. Prices in many cases rose about 25 percent over June sales.
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New York
Extradition Request Sought for Turkish War Leaders
Constantinople newspapers report the Turkish government will seek extradition of Talaat Bey Enver Pasha and Dijjemal Bey leaders during the war. The despatch dated Saturday and received via Havas agency states the decision to apply for extradition.
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Paris
Constantinople
Entente
Talaat Bey
Enver Pasha
Dijiemal Bey
Havas
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Beacon Street
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Necco
East Boston
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