Equitable Truce Wall Street Guesswork Stirs Markets
New York June 11 Thomas F. Ryan who controls the Equitable Life stock sold by James H. Hyde is expected to reveal his motive in trusteeing the stock. Wall Street speculates on potential alignment among New York Life Mutual and Equitable while Ryan’s rise from clerk to magnate draws intense scrutiny.
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New York
Thomas F. Ryan
Equitable Life Assurance Society
James H. Hyde
Financial
Wall Street
Ryan
New York Life
Mutual
Equitable
Baltimore
Virginia
W. C. Whitney
Metropolitan Street Railway
Steel and Tobacco Trusts
Melrose High Names Valedictorian Ethel OBrien
Melrose High School announces valedictorian Ethel Blanche O'Brien 18 daughter of Mr and Mrs O'Brien. The upcoming class day at Melrose will feature her as top speaker and representative of the graduating class.
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Melrose
Melrose High School
Ethel Blanche O’brien
Mrs O'Brien Stricken By Meningitis At Home
Mrs Edward R O'Brien the wife of a local business man fell ill with suspected meningitis at their home 75 Trenton Street. Miss O'Brien complained of illness Saturday evening and became violently ill late at night. Doctor Clark diagnosed meningitis and the Board of Health took charge of the case.
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Edward R. O'Brien
Trenton Street
O’brien
Clark
Board of Health
Tile Layers Convene Here for National Union Convention
The Inter national Tile Layers' Union opens at Hotel Lang ham at 10 this morning with 50 delegates from 52 unions. Leaders from Milwaukee Allegheny New York St Louis Philadelphia met to finish plans. The event aims to reestablish a $300 death benefit to beneficiaries.
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International Tile Layers’ Union
Hotel Langham
International
Henry Co. Rausch
Milwaukee
James F. Reynolds
Allegheny
Penn
Daniel McCall
New York
Charles Stein
St. Louis
John D. Lervis
Philadelphia
Union Officials Elected InBay State Lodge And Multiple Labor Groups
P J Cronin re elected chief car man of Bay State Lodge, with Sigwart Benson as vice-chief car man and other officers named. A New England convention urged electrical installation inspections and set a Worcester convention for Aug 13. Various unions announce wage scales, elections, and fundraising events in Boston and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Cronin
Bay State Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad Car Men of America
Sigwart Benson
H. H. Legg
Illiam O'Neil
John Dryden
Louis Cantor
John R. Fitzgerald
Harry Pollard
Protective Board
Michael J. Kemmet
John Clark
Worcester
Boston Water Works Employees’ Union
P. F. Mullen
Patrick J. Kelly
Patrick Gately
John J. Barry
Thomas Toplin
P. J. Feeney
James McCaffrey
Thomas Gorman
John J. Welsh
Timothy Casey
John Maguire
Boston Bartenders’ Union 77
Chicago
Teamsters’ Brotherhood
Boston
Boston Coal Teamsters
Frank R. Fall
P. J. Gallagher
Joan J. Fenton
B. L. Shiney
James Doherty
Philadelphia
New England
Frank H. McCarthy
Cambridge Rubber Workers’ Union
Cambridge
Musicians’ Assembly
K. of L
James E. Byrne
William J. Burke
William P. McCreedy
Fred L. Emerson
Louis de Slova
Boston & Maine
Assembly
Knights of Labor
Value of a Vacation Theme by Rev McElveen at Shawmut Church
The Rev William T McElveen urged hearty labor as the basis for a vacation enjoyed, noting vacations were rare 25 years ago in a working nation. He warned against loafing and urged corresponding effort to obtain true rest.
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William T. McElveen
Shawmut Congregational Church
Death of Mrs. A. H. Plumb at Walnut Avenue Church
The widow of Rev. A. H. Plumb D D of Walnut Avenue Congregational Church died after a long illness about noon yesterday.
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A. H. Plumb
D. D
Walnut Avenue Congregational Church
Indignant Boston Building Trades Question School Furniture
Boston Building Trades Council denounces the school house commission for buying desks and furniture from out of state labor. They urge using Boston firms that employ union workers and plan a labor movement parade on Labor Day. The council forms a building trades section of the Boston Central Labor Union and calls affiliated unions to participate.
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Boston Building Trades Council
Schoolhouse Commission
Boston
Building Trades
Boston Central Labor Union
Essay Prize Promotes Cigarette Evils at City Union
R C Maywood addressed Boston Sanitary and Street Cleaning Department Teamsters' Union members on the harms of smoking and offered prizes for essays. Treasury audits show $1980. a donation to Chicago strikers and $40 sick benefits approved. William Greaney elected international delegate. John J Mellyn chosen alternate.
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Boston Sanitary and Street Cleaning Department Teamsters’ Union
R. C. Maywood
Treasury
Teamsters of
Chicago
William Greaney
Philadelphia
John J. Mellyn
Colonel Pope Presses Duty Over Ambition for Governor
Col Albert A Pope, a tentative Democratic candidate, says public service is a patriotic duty not personal ambition. He recalls enlisting at 17 and serving in the Civil War era and urges party managers to select the best man for state service based on fitness, not ambition.
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Albert A. Pope
Pope
Gave Bibles to Children Across Greater Boston Churches
Youth Bible presentations marked children day services in many area churches. At the First Methodist Episcopal Church near the State House evening rites featured floral decor and singing birds. Several other churches in Dorchester Roxbury Brookline and Jamaica Plain hosted special programs and ceremonies.
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Greater Boston
First Methodist Episcopal Church
State House
Dorchester Second
Codman Square
Boylston Congregational Church
Jamaica Plain
Harvard
Brookline
Elot Congregational Church
Roxbury
Immanuel Congregational Church
First Presbyterian Church
Columbus Avenue
Berkeley Street
Cambridge I. O. O. F. Special Union Service Held
The Cambridge I. O. O. F. departments held their sixth annual memorial union service yesterday at Epworth Church in Cambridge at 2 30 p m. Members from all lodges with wives and friends attended. Rev W W Guth gave the address and Robert W Moore read the proclamation and roll call.
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Cambridge
Epworth M. E. Church
W. W. Guth
Robert W. Moore
P. G
Lake barges set to arrive amid lake trade surge
Tugs Boswell and Murrell have delivered four barges to the port under Baltimore & Boston Barge Company charter. Boutell Steel Barge Company has four steamers and eight barges under charter. Barges Baden and Britannia arrived in tow of Bayport from Chicago via Montreal and are at Lockwood’s with Bay View sailing from Montreal toward the harbor carrying Badger and Bavaria. More steamers and barges expected next fall.
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Baltimore & Boston Barge Company
Boswell
Murrell
Boutell Steel Barge Company
Hampton
Mich
McCarthy
Baden
Britannia
Bayport
Chicago
Montreal
Lockwood's
Lake Canal
Bay View
Badger
Bavaria
Pocketbook theft in Charlestown leads to arrests
Herbert G. Johnson paid for ice cream on Cambridge Street Charlestown and left his pocketbook on the table. A hand lifted it and a man fled. Patrolman Dan Simons of Somerville later arrested John F. Daley and Benjamin White.
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Herbert G. Johnson
Cambridge Street
Charlestown
Johnson
Dan Simons
Somerville Force
John F. Daley
Benjamin White
War Game Opens at Fort Monroe
Fort Monroe wakes to joint army and navy exercises at midnight. Rockets blaze and guns manned as 16 warships under Rear Admiral Dickins vanish from view. No trace of the fleet location or target. vigilance remains high through the night.
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Fort Monroe
Hampton Roads
Dickins
Baltimore
Washington
Jumped From Train To River Near New London
Charles Boston fell from a west bound express at Winthrop Cove trestle and landed in the water after striking a girder. E. J. Williams of Norwich rescued him from the river. A physician found only bruises and Boston was locked up for the night. He is believed to be a commercial traveller and was too shaken to speak clearly.
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New London
Conn
Charles Boston
Boston
Winthrop Cove
E. J. Williams
Norwich
Memorial Service for Boston Firemen Veterans at Forest Hills
Memorial services were held at Forest Hills Cemetery for deceased members of the Veteran Firemen Association of Boston. About 110 veterans carried bouquets to the graves, with Chief Cheswell and several fire department groups represented. Ex-Alderman Slattery gave the oration and floral tributes closed the ceremony.
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Veteran Firemen’s Association of Boston
Forest Hills
Boston Fire Department
Cheswell
Roxbury
Barnicoat
Star of Jamaica
Charlestown
Tenean
Barnicoat Hall
Tremont Street
John Mulhern
J. S&s. Goodell
J. J. Hughes
Adam Mack
James Chute
J. A. Mitchell
H. E. Thompson
Boston Protective Department
Ferdinand Street
Park Square
Morton Street
Peter MacQueen
Slattery
Equitable Needs Honest Leadership Amid Scandal
The Rev Dr Crane urged the Equitable Life Assurance Society to appoint an honest man to direct its destinies amid a major scandal. He noted business and moral interest in the search for a trustworthy leader, mentioning rumors that the Secretary of the Navy may be a candidate and recalling past testimony on rebates at the Santa Fe railroad.
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Santa Fe Railroad
Crane
People’s Temple
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Diogenes of
Secretary of the Navy
United States District Court
Los Angeles
Archbishop Williams Confers Confirmation on 200 at Pentecost
The Archbishop Williams administered confirmation to about 200 during Pentecost ceremonies at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Boston churches. The class aged 12 to 14 included about 50 adults, with choirs and incense enhancing the solemn service led by Rev. Nicholas Walsh and Rev. Thomas MacCormack.
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Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Archbishop Williams
Father MacCormack
Nicholas R. Walsh
Diocese of
Boston
Thomas J. MacCormack
Thomas J. Hurley
James T. Whelan
Williams
Worship of the Dollar at Union Church Service
Reverend Samuel Lane Loomis cautioned at Children’s Day services that money can become an idol equaling or surpassing pagan worship. He urged readers to value labor and integrity over wealth, warning that some sacrifice honor and goodness for money.
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Samuel Lane Loomis
Union Church
Loomis
Preacher Rev G H Reed Leads Y M C U Vespers
Vesper service at the Young Men's Christian Union featured a Philharmonic Orchestra with soloists Miss Alice Taylor Alexander Ellis and Cyril H Raper. Rev George Hale Reed of Belmont delivered the address entitled The Forgotten Millions. The report notes a stark comment on American life and time.
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Young Men's Christian Union
Philharmonic Orchestra
Alice Taylor
Alexander Ellis
Cyril H. Raper
George Hale Reed
Belmont
Dr Mann Preaches at Trinity Next Sunday
The Reverend Alexander Mann, new rector of Trinity, will preach at Trinity Church next Sunday after leaving Christ Church in East Orange, New Jersey.
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Mann
Trinity
Alexander Mann
Christ Church
East Orange
N. J
Trinity Church
Lodger Found Dead in Chelsea House
James McNider a 56 year old lodger at Webster House Broadway Chelsea was found dead at the foot of the stairs by hotel clerk James Stevens. Dr Mahoney ruled heart failure the cause. He worked for Revere Rubber Company and had no relatives in the city having come to Chelsea from Cambridge.
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James McNider
Webster House
Broadway
Chelsea
James Stevens
Mahoney
Revere Rubber Company
Cambridge
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Paul Morton
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Equitable Life Company
Ethel Blanche O'Brien
Tub
LABOR
Dr. McElveen
School House
Col. Pope
Notman
Cambridge I. O. O. F
WAR Game
Teel
Boston of
Frank H. Fleer & Company, Inc
Church of the Immaculate Conception
F. B. Conlin
Dr. Loomis
G. H. Reed
Chelsea House
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