Eastern Massachusetts street railway wage dispute nears end
At the State House arbitration the company is expected to close its case Thursday after weeks of hearings. Howard Fritch testified that 23 percent of motormen and conductors own homes, while Caleb Jackson admitted the road has never earned the cost of service under trusteeship, with a near two million dollar deficit.
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State House
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
Howard F. Fritch
Eastern Massachusetts
Caleb S. Jackson
Jackson
Philip Carlton
Massachusetts
Old Public Service Commission
Being Good Doesn't Save You
Carl Wilmore surveys motion picture stars in a light magazine piece for the Boston Sunday Post Magazine, assessing how virtue and star personas intersect with Hollywood glamour.
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Carl Wilmore
Boston Sunday Post
Seek Return to Congress Seek Return to Congress
Five Massachusetts lawmakers filed papers for renomination in various districts including Speaker Frederick H. Gillett and Republicans Robert Luce Joseph Walsh Frederick W. Dallinger Michael F. Phelan and others. Other filings include for governor’s council sheriff and secretary of state positions along with campaign notes on a motor coach entertainer.
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Massachusetts
Frederick H. Gillett
Springfield
House
Secretary of State
Gillett
Robert Luce
Waltham
Joseph Walsh
New Bedford
Frederick W. Dallinger
Cambridge
Michael F. Phelan
Lynn
James F. Ingraham
Peabody
Fred J. Burrell
Medford
Charles E. Goodhue
Ipswich
Essex County
John C. Slayton
West Melrose
John A. Kelcher
Suffolk County
John J. Casey
Charles Street
Lewis R. Sullivan
Edward G. Graves
James G. Harris
Edgar J. Leland
Edward P. Barry
Richard H. Long
Nationalist Commander Jafar Tayan Captured in Thrace
The Greek forces captured Colonel Jafar Tayan, a Kish nationalist commander, and his staff in Adrianople as Greek troops entered Istanbul. With Thrace now cleared of nationalist leaders, the Greeks control key routes and expect train service to resume within a week.
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Ocinted
Jafar Tayan
Kish
Adriple
Janople
Tance
Thrace
Rome's Trial Near The End In Desertion Case
In Worcester, Philip Rome a wealthy businessman faces a court martial for desertion after failing to report for army service in 1917. Proceedings continue Friday with testimony on jurisdiction and new statements from witnesses including Bessie Freelander and Nathan Rome.
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Philip I. Rome
Worcester
Bessie Freelander
Philip Rome
Adjutant-General
South America
Nathan Rome
Alexander Lewis
Rome
Buenos Ayres
Advocate Turnbull
Passengers Sail As Missionaries Set for Congo Voyage
Captain H. Jeffries Davis will pilot the Fort Victoria with nearly 200 first class passengers and cargo. Departing travelers include Rev. and Mrs. Arthur de Jacoby and daughter Bertha heading to the Belgian Congo for missionary work among the Luba. Jacoby, a Boston University School of Theology graduate, recently joined the Board of Foreign Missions staff. Also sailing are the Eatons, Fieldings, Dillaways, Edwards, and Mary Winchester family group from Marlboro to Auburndale, Winchester, and Hingham Centre for overseas service.
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H.' Jeffries ‘Davis
Liverpool
Arthur de Jacoby
Bertha
Belgian Congo
Jacoby
Boston University School of Theology
Brookline
Cently
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
H. B. Eaton
Eaton
Helen Eaton
Marlboro Street
Irving Fielding
Boston
Willard T. Dillaway
Wellesley Hills
W. J. Edwards
Hingham Centre
Mary D. Winchester
Auburndale
William Martin
Winchester
Walter
Sarah Wright
Fort Victoria
Missionary Sail from Mystic Docks on Fort Victoria
A Fur ness Warren steamer Fort Victoria sails today at noon from pier 50 Mystic docks Charlestown bound for missionary work among cannibals.
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Mystic Docks
Charlestown
Furness-Warren Line
Fort Victoria
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