Boston Elevated Appeal Before Railroad Board
The Boston Elevated appeal of a trolley express franchise against Somerville Board of Aldermen denial was heard by the Board of Railroad Commissioners. Mayor Burns opposed the petition citing traffic interference while the commission chair stated orders prohibit traffic disruption.
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Boston Elevated
Somerville Board of Aldermen
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Burns
Macleod
Commission
Running at high speed on Eastern railroads argument heard
New York July 17 B A Worthington president of the Chicago Alton finished his argument against a pay increase for engineers before the Arbitration Commission at Manhattan Beach. Witnesses included locomotive operators of the fastest trains who testified to the nerve racking strain and danger of running 70 to 75 miles an hour with hundreds of lives at stake if a signal is misread.
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New York
B. A. Worthington
Chicago & Alton
Arbitration Commission
Manhattan Beach
Oscar S. Straus
Warren S. Stotle
Engineers' Extent of Duty and Speed Probed by Rail Officials
High railroad officials cross-examined engineers to learn routine duties from duty call at the round-house to trip completion. Dean Wood of the Twentieth Century Limited testified his Syracuse to Albany run covered 148 miles in 162 minutes with speeds up to 7 mph on straight tracks and passing 151 block signals.
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Dean Wood
Twentieth Century Limited
New York Central
Syracuse
Albany
Mother Seeks Missing Boy From Detroit to Boston
Detroit police received a letter from Annie McDonald of Brookline Massachusetts seeking help locating her son Joseph McDonald who left Boston at 14 for the West three years ago. The mother says he is now 17, 5 feet 3 inches, stout with prominent teeth and may be in Detroit or with friends there. She offers $200 reward for his return or protection until she can reach him.
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Detroit
Mich
Joseph McDonald
Boston
West
Annie McDonald
Kenwood Street
Brookline
Mass
Ambulance Demand Prompts City Debate in East Boston
Ex-Alderman Thomas J. Giblin urges Mayor Fitzgerald to relocate the auto ambulance from the Haymarket square station to East Boston for faster response after a Winthrop line accident where a horse-drawn ambulance took 40 to 45 minutes. He says 65 000 residents deserve quicker treatment.
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Thomas J. Giblin
East Boston
Fitzgerald
Haymarket Square
City Hospital
Boston
Boy Jumps From Car Hit by RoXbury Auto
An eight year old, Frank Rehm of 586 Parker Street, was killed last night when he jumped from a Roxbury crossing car and was struck by a touring car owned by P F Gately of 611 Washington Street. The accident happened in front of 1098 Columbus Avenue Roxbury.
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Roxbury Crossing
Frank Rehm
Parker Street
P. F. Gately
Washington Street
Columbus Avenue
Roxbury
Chauffeur Charged After Boy Fatally Injured In Crash
William Dwyer and Sergeant Clif ford carried the boy to a drug store after a collision. Dr. Murphy said the lad was probably fatally hurt and he died en route to City Hospital. Dwyer returned to Roxbury Crossing station and was booked on manslaughter, a formal charge as police say the youth caused the death.
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William Dwyer
Upton Street
Clifford
Murphy
Young Rehm
Dwyer
Roxbury Crossing
Dr W A Rolfe Marries Helen Martinollick in Grace Church
Dr William A Rolfe of 362 Commonwealth Avenue and Helen G Martinollick, a typewriter for N W Harris Co, wed July 8 after a New York trip. The Harvard man and the Back Bay socialite began their romance when he shared an office on Boylston Street and she lived near Marlboro Street. They honeymoon at the doctor's Boxford summer home.
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William A. Rolfe
Commonwealth Avenue
Helen G. Martinollick
N. W. Harris & Co
Federal Street
Boston
Dr. Rolfe
Back Bay
Auto Club
Boxford
Boylston Street
Owner Sues Over Strike Halts Templeton Street Building
Charles B. Matthews files equity suit in Superior Court naming L. J. Cannon Patrick Walsh and John Doe as union leaders. He owns parcels on Templeton street and Dorchester avenue and is erecting a five story apartment. Workers were summoned off the job at 11 30 Monday without warning amid no wage or hour dispute.
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Superior Court
Charles B. Matthews
L. J. Cannon
Bricklayers’ Union
Patrick J. Walsh
Stone Masons’ Union
John Doe
Laborers and Hod. Carriers’ Union
Matthews
Templeton Street
Dorchester Avenue
Shuman
Dixon
Suffragette chase as Asquith slips toward Dublin
Premier Asquith left Downing Street and then veered to Wolverhampton with his daughter. They boarded a motor car that vanished from sight, while suffragettes await news. He is expected in Dublin by 9 PM with a large demonstration planned.
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Downing Street
Wolverhampton
Dublin
Woman with three tenements jailed over unpaid fine
Brockton reports Mrs. Susan H. Johnson owner of a Warren street block and two other houses was jailed for failing to pay a $38 shoplifting fine. She could not make bail after last week and was seen taking a china saucer in court testimony.
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Brockton
Susan H. Johnson
Warren Street
Warren A. Reed
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