Meats and Flour From Free List Under Underwood Tariff
Washington reports the Senate finance sub-committee backed removing meats and flour from the free list in the Underwood tariff bill. Beef mutton pork and flour would face duties, oats rate cut, oats may be taxed, and wheat duties maintained. Sugar schedule approved as in the House.
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Washington
Senate Finance
House
Williams, Shively
Gore
Finance Committee
Senate
Wilson
Simmons
Williams
el Scively
Finance
Senate Committee
Clerks Row Settled After Railroad Dispute
New Haven June 2. A satisfactory adjustment of the trouble between the New York New Haven Hartford railroad and its clerks has been made. An agreement covering the points at issue was signed today. Acting Commissioner G W W Hanger of the federal Department of Labor, who mediated, announced the settlement. The dispute concerned rule interpretations.
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New Haven
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
G. W. W.W. Hanger
Federal Department of Labor
Post's Greeting Like a Word From Home on Cincinnati
Kurt Hain, 22, chief wireless operator aboard the Hamburg American line steamer Cincinnati, recalls how Boston Post readers received a welcome message from the ship 350 miles off Boston. Passengers sent greetings across the Atlantic, and the Post was the Cincinnati’s sole newspaper link from Hamburg to Boston.
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Boston Post
Kurt Hain
Cincinnati
Boston
Post
Hain
Hamburg
Young Hain
Germany
Christian Science Mother Church Holds Annual Meeting in Boston
Several thousand members of the Christian Science Mother Church gathered in Boston for the annual meeting. Frederick Dixon of London was elected president for the coming year. The year saw 102 new churches established in places including Germany Australia New Zealand and Porto Rico. Lectures by the Board of Lectureship drew 850000 attendees, up 100000 from the prior year. Sweden officially recognizes the church after ministers failed earlier to gain approval.
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Christian Science Mother Church
Boston
Frederick Dixon
London
England
Germany
Australia
New Zealand
Porto Rico
Board of Lectureship
Christian Science
Sweden
Stricken Patrolman Dies After Emergency Surgery
Patrolman John W. Boutilier of West Roxbury station died at City Hospital after being found unconscious on his route last Friday night with appendicitis. Surgeons conducted an operation late Friday night in a vain effort to save him.
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John W. Boutilier
West Roxbury
Augusta man commits suicide by throat cutting
Manchester N H June 2 John White 34 of Augusta Me visiting his aunt Mrs Johanna White 654 Chestnut Street today killed himself by cutting his throat with a razor.
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Manchester
N. H
John White
Augusta
Johanna White
Chestnut Street
New 9 in 11 Hours Bill Moves to Senate
The bill to cap work hours for carmen at nine in any 11 hours advanced to the Senate after a House amendment aligned it with Attorney General Swift’s view that the bill is mandatory. The change makes the measure permissive, letting a carman work beyond nine hours in 11 if chosen.
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Senate
Carmen
Swift
Debate on ice bill and smallpox relief in the State House
Delegation of carmen press on in the afternoon to amend the bill before the Senate. Lawmakers consider probes by legislative committee and the Attorney General while smallpox relief for Arlington passes the Senate after a veto fight. Other actions include pay raises for assistant registers, a western trolley bill, and a new child labor bill taking effect in 1913 with expanded limits and factory restrictions. Governor Foss vetoes the cinematograph license bill citing constitutional concerns.
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Carmen
State House
Senate
House
Elevated
Martin Hays
Brighton
Committee On Rules
Arlington
Foss
Fay
Medford
Fitzgerald
Dorchester
Hickey
South Boston
Horgan
Roxbury
Mack
North Adams
Quigley
Holyoke
Senate Ways and Means
Deadlock on Revere Taxes Delays Uncollected List Return
Revere assessors refused to issue a warrant until the list of uncollected taxes held by Collector Pendergast is returned. Pendergast cites evidence concerns in a current case against Chairman Segee. A meeting with Segee Bates Colcord Fales Pendergast and Cutler failed to break the impasse over 1911 1912 back taxes.
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Revere
Pendergast
Segee
Segee, Bates and Colcord
Albert HB. Fales
Samuel R. Cutler
Chelsea Child Burned in Fire at Home
Annie Borden aged 5 of 194 Arlington Street Chelsea suffered serious burns from playing with matches yesterday afternoon. Her mother, in trying to extinguish the flames, was badly burned on the hands. The child was taken to Frost Hospital.
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Annie Borden
Arlington Street
Chelsea
Frost Hospital
Theatre Night for Boston Press Club
The Boston Press Club held Theatre Night with 75 members at The Old Homestead Boston Theatre. Guests then met players and management at a reception afterward in the clubrooms.
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Boston Press Club
Boston Theatre
Dynamite Theft Probed in Malden Neighborhood
Malden police hunt suspects after a contractor blasting a ledge on 103 Pierce Street had a chest broken and dynamite sticks stolen. Four sticks were recovered, one officer carried them a mile to the police station. Reports say local boys were playing with sticks, and one boy took a stick home to show his mother. The boy was told to return the dynamite.
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Malden
Pierce Street
James Burke
Fire Sweeps West Hatfield Village Killing Homes and Barns
West Hatfield faced a disastrous fire today as four farm houses ten barns several sheds and a machine shop burned. High winds fueled the blaze with Northampton and nearby towns aiding in the effort.
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Hatfield
West Hatfield
Northampton
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