Witnesses uphold Jordan in milk inspection hearing
The Finance Commission continued the hearing into Inspector Jordan of the milk inspection department as Dr. Frank E. Galvan pressed charges. George Albree of Concord testified that a milk sample failed the standard and he sought prosecution to test the law’s constitutionality amid claims of potential bias by the Boston Board of Health. In Dover, England, June 2, news spread of an English aviator crossing to France and back in an American plane, sparking mixed reactions about future cross-channel flights.
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Frank E. Galvan
Boston Board of Health
Jordan
Finance Commission
George Albree
Concord
Albree
Dover
Eng
France
Britain
Charles Stuart Rolls
Army Motor Reserve
England
Europe
Rolls Flies Across Channel In 90 Minutes
A British aviator Captain Rolls completed a 42 mile flight from Dover to Calais in 90 minutes. The feat followed earlier Channel crossings by Louis Blériot and Count de Lesseps, triggering fears of air invasions as torpedo boats pursued. Dover crowds watched anxiously as the craft disappeared toward France.
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England
France
Dover
Rolls
French
No Cash for War on Unions Amendment Passed
Washington June 2 An amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill adopted by the House prohibits using any part of the 100 000 allotted for enforcing the Sherman antitrust law to prosecute labor organizations.
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Washington
House
Amendment limits prosecution of labor wage talks
Hughes of New Jersey proposes an amendment to bar spending money to prosecute any organization or individual for entering into agreements to raise wages shorten hours or improve labor conditions. Republicans oppose noting Sherman act prosecutions rarely occur except under Cleveland. Amendment adopted 81 to 52 with 82 not voting as Democrats backers gain Republican insurgents.
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Hughes
New Jersey
Cleveland
Minot Protests Action on Old Art Museum Rules
Laurence Minot for Park Square Real Estate Trust warns that removing set back restrictions on the Art Museum site would halt work on the Park Square station property and cancel all related contracts. He sends this protest to the Mayor and City Council, alongside a separate communication from Francis R. Hunt.
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Art Museum
Park Square Station
Laurence Minot
Park Square Real Estate Trust
Mr. Minot
Francis R. Hunt
Weather forecast for Boston and New England
Frigh Tide at 7 12 today predicts partly cloudy conditions for Boston and vicinity with light to moderate variable winds. Forecast for New England calls for partly cloudy Friday and Saturday with fair conditions and mainly westerly winds. Steamers bound for Europe will encounter moderate to variable winds and partly cloudy skies toward the Grand Banks. The New England and mid Atlantic coasts should see light variable winds, mostly westerly.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
European Porte
Grand Banks
Middle Atlantic
Elevated States IIS Position in Elevated Holding Bill
Frederic O. Snow counsel for the Boston Elevated Railway Company outlines the firm position on Sections 8 and 9 of the elevated holding bill now before the Legislature. The letter explains the company stance and legal interpretation of the provisions in question.
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Frederic O. Snow
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Editorial note on Elevated Holding Bill and city counsel
A Boston reader objects to the Elevated Holding Bill sections extending Tremont street subway Washington street tunnel and East Boston tunnel leases. The writer says sections were inserted by Boston city corporation counsel Babson, not by the Boston Elevated Railway Company, referencing a March 29 1910 hearing.
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Elevated
Tremont Street
Washington Street
East Boston
Babson
City of
Boston
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Committee On Street Railways
Babh
Dual identity of John R Marshall exposed in federal trial
Witnesses described the two personas used by John R Marshall as Big Bill Kelcher and Martin J Walsh in poolroom wire tapping and fare games before Judge Clarence Hale. Bank cashier Frank Lyman Earl faced questions on Colemans habits and account closure while handwriting expert Hingston linked signatures to Kelcher petition in bankruptcy.
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John R. Marshall
Bill” Kelcher
Martin J. Walsh
Clarence Hale
Frank Lyman Earl
National City Bank
Harvey Pratt
Earl
Coleman
William E. Hingston
William J. Kelcher
Kelcher
Big Bill Kelcher Trial Details Wire Tap Conspiracy
District Attorney Garland outlines testimonies linking Martin J Walsh and William J Kelcher to a network of offices under John R Marshall in three Cambridge ventures. Evidence includes phone cals, a wireless tap room in the Postal building, and Kelcher’s roles at Beacon street and Huntington Chambers.
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Martin J. Walsh
William J. Keliher
Keliher
Coleman
John R. Marshall
State Street
William J. Kelcher
Bill’ Kelcher
George W. Coleman
National City Bank of
Cambridge
Pool Room
Huntington Chambers
Beacon Building
Taft addresses Bryn Mawr on marriage and women's independence
President Taft spoke at Bryn Mawr College on June 2. He valued higher education for women for independence in life choices and argued marriage is not the sole measure of a woman’s happiness nor a failure if she remains unmarried. He noted that education prepares women for the duties of home life and beyond.
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Bryn Mawr
Philadelphia
Bryn Mawr College
Taft
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