Canal in Charles Favored Canal Plan for Boston Harbor Bridges
The harbor and land commission proposed a new canal from the Charles River Basin to the Warren Bridge to resolve navigation conflicts with the Boston & Maine railroad. The plan would remove several bridges and piling, creating a straight waterway 50 to 60 feet wide from the Charles River dam to the inner harbor.
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Charles River
Warren Bridge
Harbor and Land Commission
Boston & Maine Railroad
Board of United States Engineers
George E. Smith
Smith
War Department
Edward Burr
David W. Lockwood
Harry Taylor
WU. S. Grant
Boston & Maine
Police ban on ball scores applied to public places
Captain Edward F. Gaskin and Deputy Superintendent Laurence Cain ordered cafes saloons and bowling alleys to stop posting baseball game scores by innings. The move aimed to curb betting crowds and reduce hazards, with Gaskin saying he issued the order himself.
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Edward F. Gaskin
Laurence Cain
Excise Board
Gaskin
Post
Plan to Separate Women From Men at Courthouse
The Suffolk county courthouse detention area will be enlarged per the commission on rebuilding. Current 15 by 25 foot pen, with 60 step spiral access, houses men and women in cramped conditions with no separate female space. Proposal: enlarge the men's area, remove the iron cage, narrow the hall, and add a 30-woman room via lockers and closets removal.
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Suffolk County
Hale
Attridge
Commission On
Cupid Joins Two Noted Old Families in Philadelphia
Frances Drexel Fell, daughter of Mrs. Alexander Van Rensselaer and the late John Fell, wed A. J. Angelo Devereaux at Fort Washington. Archbishop Ryan officiated. the bride was given away by her stepfather, Alexander Van Rensselaer. The couple will honeymoon on a long European automobile tour. Devereaux hails from an established Philadelphia family.
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New York
Baltimore
Washington
Iss
Frances Drexel Fell
A. J. Angelo Devereaux
Fort Washington
Here
Coggmony
Archbishop Ryan
Alexander van Rensselaer
Europe
John Fell
Anthony J. Drexel
Devereaux
Preparations Under Way for Archbishop O Connell Jubilee
The general committee plans a June 30 civic ceremony for Archbishop O Connell with an elaborate hall display. Decorations crews meet Sunday, decorators begin Monday, and two bands will provide music. The Mission Church Band leads the escort of honor from the archiepiscopal residence on Granby street.
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Archbishop O'Connell
Mechanics’ Building
Mission Church
Granby Street
Dorchester Man Jailed for Assault on Elevator Conductor
Augustus Olsen of 87 Norfolk Avenue Dorchester was tried in Dorchester Municipal Court yesterday for assaulting a conductor of the Boston Elevated. He was found guilty and sentenced to three months in the house of correction by Judge Churchill.
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Augustus Olsen
Norfolk Avenue
Dorchester
Boston Elevated
House of Correction
Churchill
St Josephs In A Protest Over West End Athletics
The St Josephs Athletic Association in the West End protests the 1915 committee decision to assign West End athletics to the West End House, ignoring St Josephs after 15 years of leadership. Three representative names were submitted and reportedly ignored.
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St. Joseph Athletic Association
West End
St. Joseph’s Athletic Association
St. Joseph’s
St. Joseph’'s A. A
116 Voters Change Faith Ahead of State Primaries
Yesterday was the final day for city voters to switch political designations for the Sept 21 state primaries. Enrolment records show 116 changes since the last city election, with 77 moving from Democrat to Republican, 27 switching from Republican to Democrat, seven Independence Leaguers becoming Democrats, four joining Republicans, and one Democrat becoming an Independence Leaguer.
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Election Commissioners’ Office
Independence Leaguers
Independence
Five Chinese to Face Death Sentence Saturday
Five men convicted of involvement in Boston Chinatown Tong warfare face execution Saturday morning. The defendants Warry Charles Joe Guey Min Sing Hom Woon and Leon Gong are named in the judgment and judges Pierce and Brown denied a last motion for a new trial.
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Commonwealth
Boston
Chinatown
Warry Charles
Joe Guey
Min Sing
Hom Woon
Leon Gong
Pierce and Brown
Wife witnesses artist die at wheel in Saratoga
William Verplanck Birney an artist from New York City died of cerebral apoplexy while riding in an automobile with his wife as chauffeur. The car veered into a ditch and wrecked, Birney 51, born Cincinnati, member of the Lotos Club and other art groups. He had been visiting Saratoga for two weeks and had exhibited internationally.
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Saratoga
N. Y
William Verplanck Birney
New York City
Birney
Cincinnati
Lotos Club
New York
Car Raised by Passengers At Cambridge Street Collision
Passengers on a Brookline to Roxbury streetcar halted the vehicle and helped a seriously injured man under the car accident scene near Cambridge Relief Hospital. A policeman crawled under the truck and pulled the unconscious man to safety as bystanders watched. Cars were stopped for a time after the incident.
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Brookline Street
Cambridge
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Roxbury
Harvard Square
Man Witnesses Wife Commit Suicide in Toronto? (Note: Title adjusted to reflect source)
John Bennett, paralyzed for over a year, watched his 60 year old wife in Chicago tie a rope to a gas fixture, step onto a chair, and hang herself. He shouted for help as neighbors and a passing policeman cut the rope and attempted resuscitation, but she was dead. The physician said there was nothing to do.
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Chicago
Ill
John Bennett
Fifth Avenue
Bennett
Heller to Lead Hibbard Opposition Conference
Isaac Heller president of the Hadrath Israel Congregation and former Lodging House Commissioner will host a conference at his home 3 Lawrence Park Roxbury Sunday afternoon. Hebrews from various city wards will discuss how to prevent the boom of Mayor Hibbard for renomination.
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Isaac Heller
Hadrath Israel Congregation
Lodging House Commission
Lawrence Park
Roxbury
Hibbard
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