Critics Hit Low Bid Rejection In Schoolhouse Contract
The Finance Commission criticized the schoolhouse department for denying the lowest bidder Dugan & Son on a Gaston School painting job and awarding to the next bidder. It urged the mayor to require stricter inspections and to adopt a policy favoring more high quality bidders to boost competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoolhouse Department
Finance Commission
Peters
Dugan
Public Buildings Department
City Hall
Boston Mayor presses for summer coal stock for city needs
Mayor Peters cables Washington urging stockpiling of coal for hospitals pumping stations schools and other municipal uses. He cites an ICC order favoring current needs and seeks federal aid via President Wilson. Storrow and Tumulty acknowledge consideration as Boston buys 2000 tons of semi bituminous coal for Calf Pasture pumping station at 16 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Peters
Aitchison
Washington
Boston
James J. Storrow
Storrow
New York
Joseph P. Tumulty
Wilson
Tumulty
Pennsylvania
Calf Pasture
New England Coal & Coke Company
Cyclist and Wife Hurt in Hallvard Bridge Accident
John F. Morley aged 4 and his wife Florence Morley 22 were treated at City Hospital after their motorcycle tipped over on Har vard bridge. Morley suffered a broken right ankle and cuts to arms and head while Mrs Morley sustained a dislocated right elbow and body bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Morley
Il Chambers Street
West End
Florence
City Hospital
Harvard Bridge
Morley
Big suit seeks 25 000 for heart balm in Essex court
Mrs Abbie L Clapp of Danvers sues Miss Elizabeth Wakeman of Malden for 25 000 in Essex Superior Court at Salem alleging alienation of her husband William E Clapp's affections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie L. Clapp
Danvers
Elizabeth Wakeman
Malden
Essex Superior Court
Salem
William E. Clapp
Armories Open for War Dead Return to Massachusetts
Massachusetts will store about 60 fallen soldiers in armories for final interment after an agreement between State Adjutant Leo A. Spillane and Adjutant-General Jesse F. Stevens. War dead from France cemeteries are being returned to the state for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
France
America
Leo A. Spillane
American Legion
Jesse F. Stevens
State House
Clapp suit cites alleged conspiracy in divorce pleadings
Mrs. Clapp charges Miss Wakeman with injuring the marriage by enticing her husband William E. Clapp away from home. Wakeman denies all material allegations as a Salem court case on infidelity proceeds with grand jury investigations and a potential continued trial after War records are moved to court custody.
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Miss Wakeman
M. L. Sullivan
J. J. Rowan
Salem
Donnell
Lawton
War Department
Washington
United States Department of Justice
Baseball gamblers nabbed at Fenway Bleachers
Back Bay police arrested three men near Fenway Park first base bleachers for gaming on a base ball game. Jacob Harris 32 Dorchester Johnson road Cambridge John Brown 36 Winsor street Cambridge and James H Henderson 26 Harvard street Brookline faced charges. Harris already linked to a second similarly charged visit within a week.
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Back Bay
Fenway Park
Devine and
Crimmings
Jacob Harris
Johnson Road
Dorchester
John Brown
Winsor Street
Cambridge
James H. Henderson
Harvard Street
Brookline
Harris
Funeral services for Dr. W P Hurley
Funeral services for Dr. William D P Hurley of 675 Broadway South Boston were held yesterday at Gate of Heaven Church East Fourth and I streets. Boston diocese priests Sisters of Charity from Carney and St Elizabeth's hospitals and nearly all South Boston physicians attended. The Rev John E O Connell celebrated a high mass of requiem assisted by deacon Rev John F Burns and sub deacon Rev J Walter Larbect with John P Hession at the organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diocese of
Boston
Sisters of Charity
Carney
St. Elizabeth's Hospitals
South Boston
Michael J. Perkins
American Legion
Knights of Columbus
William DP. Hurley
Broadway
John E. O'Connell
Gate of Heaven Church
East Fourth and I Streets
John F. Burns
J. Walter Larbect
John P. Hession
Pittsfield Baby Dies After Auto Crash
Ernest Killian Jr. two year old son of Ernest Killian of Atwood avenue Pittsfield died at House of Mercy Hospital from injuries after being struck by a car driven by David J. Shaw manager of the Atherton Furniture Company.
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Pittsfield
AUTO
Ernest Killian, Jr
Ernest Killian
Atwood Avenue
House of Mercy Hospital
David J. Shaw
Atherton Furniture Company
State adjusts honor plan for fallen comrades
Adjutant Spillane says State headquarters arranges with the adjutant general to allow bodies of deceased legion members reinterred from foreign soil to lie in state at the nearest armory. Posts should notify next of kin of arrival date and proceed unless families request otherwise.
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Legion
Spillane
The
Commonwealth
War Department
Legion State Headquarters
Adjutant
Memorial Service for 26th Division at St Pauls Cathedral
Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the Chateau Thierry battle with a memorial service for the fallen of the 26th Division at St Pauls Cathedral at 730 PM. Rev Edward T Sullivan will give the address as hymns precede outdoors on the cathedral porch led by a choir and four trumpeters.
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Chateau Thierry
St. Paul's Cathedral
Edward T. Sullivan
France
Elks of Winthrop to Host Lawn Party Tonight
Elks Club grounds at Winthrop host a lawn party with dancing in the main hall and lawn entertainment. Committee in charge includes Chairman John Gallagher and members Eric Ambler Fred Clark Chris Ahearn Al Fox Norman Horrigan Dr Harvey Kimball John Kelley and Harry Kelley.
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Elks of
Winthrop
Elks’ Club
John Gallagher
Eric Ambler
Fred Clark
Chris Ahearn
al Fox
Norman Horrigan
Harvey Kimball
John Kelley
Harry Kelley
64 Gallons of Alcohol Found in Murder Garage
Salvatore Bruno was arraigned before United States Commissioner Hayes on charges of possessing 64 gallons of alcohol found in a Chelsea garage where Patrolman Deininger was shot and killed last year. Held for the federal grand jury in 500 bail after a police raid prompted by an anonymous phone tip. officers reported seeing alcohol unloaded from a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvatore Bruno
Winthrop Road
Chelsea
Herman L. Barney
Deininger
United States
Hayes
Federal Grand Jury
Naval Reserves Set for Week-Long Drills Aboard Thomas
The U S S Thomas of the Atlantic destroyer squadron left the navy yard with four officers and 60 Naval Reserve Force men for a week of consolidated drills. They will voyage along the Maine coast visiting key ports and return to Boston by July 2. A second group will join the U S S Hopewell in Boston on July 24 for July 24 to 31 drills.
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U.S. S. Thomas
Atlantic
Navy Yard
Naval Reserve Force
Maine
Boston
U. S. S. Hopewell
Courthouse in Donegal burned before O Doherty case
The Buncrana courthouse in County Donegal where Sinn Fein MP Joseph O Doherty faced a charge of soliciting subscriptions for the Irish Republican Parliament was burned this morning.
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Donegal Court House
Belfast
Irc
Bunecrana
County Donegal
Joseph O'Doherty
Sinn Fein
Husband allegedly absconds with wife’s Worcester home goods
Christine L. Amsden of WorcesterFiles for equity relief in Superior Court seeking an injunction against Arthur L. Amsden. She claims he removed a load of household items from their home on Creeke Avenue including a player piano, beds, blankets, dresser, parlor stove, chair, wash stand, and other items and asks for restitution and return of the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Arthur L. Amsden
Amsden
Creeke Avenue
Equity
Christine L. Amsden
Fined for Refusing to Help Officer in West End Arrest
Robert Doherty was fined $25 in Central Court for refusing to assist Officer Nelson during arrests of three men in an angry West End crowd. The three prisoners were later tried and discharged for sauntering, joitering, and attempted prisoner rescue. The officer testified his club was taken and a revolver attempted to be seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Doherty
Central Court
Nelson
West End
Andrew Flanagan
Lawson Property Sold At Auction In Back Bay
Four parcels of Thomas W. Lawson estate in Back Bay were sold at public auction for 213238.40 after a Suffolk county Superior Court decree. The Five Cents Savings Bank financed the loan and bought the property, including 534 and 538 Beacon Street two houses a triangular Beacon Raleigh Bay State road lot and a Bay State Road Charlesgate West corner lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Lawson
Back Bay
Jeannie
Gpery Five Cent Savings Bank
Superior Court of
Suffolk County
Five Cents Savings Bank
Lawson
Beacon Street
Raleigh Street
Bay State Road
Charlesgate West
Seek Missing Whitman Girl
Whitman police and nearby towns search for 15 year old Wilen B Reed daughter of William A Reed 47 Quincy Street after she cut her hair with borrowed shears and vanished The braid fragment was found near Quincy and Plymouth streets neighbors report she recently visited a neighbor and may have left due to wanderlust Police suspect possible foul play and ask for public help
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Whitman
Wilen B. Reed
William A. Reed
Quincy Street
Quincy
Plymouth Streets
Blazing Film Causes Thrill at Loew's Columbia Theatre
A passerby raised the alarm as smoke poured from a window above the Loew's Columbia Theatre at 978 Washington Street yesterday. The fire, caused by a reel igniting in the projecting room, interrupted the show for ten minutes while employees extinguished it. Hundreds of spectators remained seated until control.
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Loew
Columbia Theatre
Washington Street
Playhouse
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Hanover St
Washington and
Hanover
Sam
Clapp
W. P. Hurley
Eeu
Harry Goodman
Men’s & Young Men’s
Mark
Wolf’s
MY Clothier
Hanover and
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