Fatal auto crash kills Parks and fiancée near Plainfield
Arthur E. Parks treasurer of Bay State Shellac of Fall River and his fiancée Miss Anna Cushing of Providence died when their car collided with a passenger locomotive at French's Crossing near Central Village. About $8000 in cash and checks and jewelry worth $20 plus five diamond rings were found. Cushing had been married before. Parks' family arrived from Danbury to claim the body. The crossing is noted as one of the state’s most dangerous.
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Plainfield, Conn
Arthur E. Parks
Bay State Shellac Company
Fall River
Mass
Anna Cushing
Grove Street
Providence
French’s Crossing
Central Village
New London
Cushing
Edward Parks
Danbury
Charles D. Parks
American Hatters & Farriers Corporation
Parks
Miss Cushing
Caleb Cushing
Clara Wood
Middleboro
Cambridge Man Struck by Chelsea Patrol Wagon
John Cushman aged 40 of 46 Austin street Cambridge was struck by a Chelsea patrol wagon at Broadway and Fourth. He suffered a fractured left leg injuries to the right leg and multiple cuts and abrasions and was transported to Frost Hospital.
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John Cushman
Austin Street
Cambridge
Chelsea
Broadway
Fourth Street
Frost Hospital
Worker Dies After 40 Foot Fall During Dismantling
Moses Le Drew, 45, of Carlton Street Everett, stepped back from a wall on a building under dismantling at 4 State Street and fell 40 feet to the ground just before midnight. He died or is dying at Relief Hospital.
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Moses le Drew
Carlton Street
Everett
State Street
Relief Hospital
Irish Bill Faces Opposition in Parliament
London July 17 Premier As quith said the new Irish bill will be introduced before autumn recess and the entire Irish question will be submitted to an imperial conference after the war.
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London
Asquith
Lansdowne party grows as Irish policy faces delay
A new party, backing Lansdowne views on the Lloyd George compromise, held an important meeting in the House of Commons with 98 MPs and 76 Lords present. Resolutions hailed worries over an Irish parliament during wartime and supported measures to suppress treason and uphold the law.
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Lansdowne
Lloyd George
House of Commons
House of Lords
Lord Lansdowne
Ireland
Flood Toll Rises in Five Southern States
Raleigh July 17 Fifteen persons dead at least ten missing and property losses around 15 million dollars mark the toll of floods across five Southern states in the past 48 hours. As waters recede, rail and telegraph lines remain disrupted and isolated towns may report higher losses.
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Raleigh
N. C
Toll Toll Flood Sweeps Four States Including North Carolina
Torrential rains from a recent hurricane swollen streams across North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and West Virginia causing heavy damage. North Carolina records most losses with 11 of 12 deaths and two thirds of property damage. Dead listed in Asheville Biltmore Alexander County Marshall Bradford Va. All but one victim white. Ten Southern Railway construction men missing after the bridge near Charlotte gave way.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
West Virginia
Asheville
Biltmore
Alexander County
Marshall
Bradford
Southern Railway
Southern
Charlotte
Prohibitionists Seek Hanley Coalition At St Paul Meeting
A large gathering of Prohibition, Progressive, Republican and Democratic supporters gathered in St Paul as talks swirled over nominating Indiana's former governor J Frank Hanley or options like Eugene Foss and William Sulzer. Prohibition leaders discuss possible fusion with Parker and possible vice presidential picks, with several delegates urging unity and a telegram sent to Parker asking his stance.
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J. Frank Hanley
Indiana
Virgil G. Hinshaw
Hinshaw
James M. Ingersoll
Pocatello
Idaho
Progressive National Committee
Prohibition
Oliver W. Stewart
Chicago
Hanley
St. Paul
Stewart
Prohibition Party
Eugene N. Foss
Massachusetts
William Sulzer
New York
John M. Parker
Louisiana
Progressive Party
Colonel Parker
Parker
Sulzer
Bay State Exemption Proposed to Boost Revenue
E Gerry Brown of Brockton argues for exempting Bay State Street Railway Company from taxes, adopting a zone system and dissolving Massachusetts Electric to raise revenue rather than raising fares. A Public Service Commission hearing yesterday focused on protest against a six cent fare increase.
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E. Gerry Brown
Brockton
Bay State Street Railway Company
Massachusetts Electric Company
Public Service Commission
Public ownership urged as public service firms grow
Brown argued taxing public service corporations is theoretically flawed. He explained the Massachusetts Electric Company arose after the railroad commission banned coupon notes for street railways. Consolidations benefited merger participants, not the public, with $13 million of on paper property noted for valuation debates. Opposition includes Varnum Bowen Garris Hitchborn Gray. Wadleigh to present remonstrance Monday.
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Brown
Massachusetts Electric Company
Railroad Commission
H. A. Varnum
Lowell
John F. Bowen
West Newton
William A. Garris
Melrose
Charles A. Hitchborn
Revere
Wilfred D. Gray
Woburn
Arthur G. Wadleigh
Ordered 10 Report to Cole Pittsfield
Harry Adamson, former second lieutenant in F Company 2d Massachusetts Infantry, asked to report to Adjutant-General Cole in Pittsfield. He lost his commission for overstaying leave but may regain it and be ordered to Columbus New Mexico where F Company awaits to elect him first lieutenant.
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Pittsfield
Harry Adamson
Massachusetts Infantry
Verdun
Cole
Adamson
Europe
Columbus
N. M
F Company
John S. Bayes
War Department
National Guard
Boston Sunday Post
President Wilson postpones Aug notification ceremony
Washington July 17 President Wilson delays the notification ceremony planned for August 5 to allow adjournment of Congress. Vance McCormick says the President, concerned with passing child labor and workmen’s comp bills this session, prefers to wait. Shadow Lawn New Jersey to host the ceremony.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Vance McCormick
Democratic National Committee
McCormick
Shadow Lawn
New Jersey
East Boston Man Nears Drowning After Rowboat Capsize
Frank E Barker of 25 Jeffries Street East Boston witnessed a rowboat capsize about 500 yards off the Jeffries Point Yacht Club landing. He swam to the man who said he was Frank Swan of East Boston and brought him ashore safely.
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Frank Swanson
East Boston
Jeffries Point Yacht Club
Frank E. Barker
Jeffries Street
Chelsea man killed by passenger train in Chelsea yards
James Thompson age 53 of 72 Spencer avenue Chelsea was instantly killed yesterday by a Newburyport passenger train in the Boston and Maine freight yards on Eleanor street Chelsea while returning to work after dinner.
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James Thompson
Spencer Avenue
Chelsea
Revere Rubber Company
Newburyport
Boston & Maine
Eleanor Street
New colors Identified for National Guard unit by veterans group
Alvin R Farley secretary of the veterans association announces a purchase of flags to mark a State militia regiment as the national guardsmen to fly along the Rio Grande The flags will combine state and national colors and be sent to Colonel Willis W Stover commanding officer of the Fifth shortly.
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Alvin R. Farley
Veterans’ Association
Rio Grande
Willis W. Stover
Alvin R. Bailey
Fifth Regiment Civil War Veterans’ Association
Somerville Man Hurt After Auto Smash
An automobile owned by the City Fuel Company and operated by Frederick B Shaw of 91 Whitfield Street collided near 465 Columbia Road with a car owned and operated by Hymen Sampson of 142 Quincy Street Quincy. Hymen Attachet of 74 Webster Avenue Somerville riding with Sampson was thrown from the car and injured his back. he was taken to City Hospital.
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City Fuel Company
Frederick B. Shaw
Whitfield Street
Columbia Road
Hymen Sampson
Quincy Street
Quincy
Hymen Attachet
Webster Avenue
Somerville
Sampson
City Hospital
Stole Car In Boston Arrested In Ohio
A man claiming to be William Miller of this city was arrested in Norwalk Ohio yesterday while driving a automobile stolen from in front of the Hotel Westminster a week earlier. The car belonged to Dr W J Everett a prominent physician of Lincoln Nebraska who had left the vehicle outside the hotel during a dinner with friends.
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William Miller
Norwalk
Westminster
W. J. Everett
Lincoln, Neb
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Fatima
Presdeni
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Burleson
James
Walsh
Democratic Campaign Committee
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Mr. McCormick
Sanfords
Cinger
Druggisia
Somerville Man
Boston
Ohio
United States Rubber Company
United States
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