Lawsuit Over Death Alleged Faulty Quarters Aboard Cymric
William A. Jones of 6 Rice Street North Cambridge sues Oceanic Steamship Navigation Company for $20 in the Suffolk Superior Court alleging failure to provide proper quarters for a sick child aboard the Cymric led to the infant’s death.
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Oceanic Steamship Navigation Company
Cymric
William A. Jones
Rice Street
North
Cambridge
Suffolk Superior Court
Jones alleges ship negligence over infant’s death at sea
Declarations claim Mrs Jones paid for second cabin passage on the Cymric from Liverpool to Boston for herself and infant William A. Jones Jr. The child fell ill aboard and died of pneumonia Aug 10 1912 after landing. Company officers moved them to worse quarters and hospital. Filthy, unsafe conditions and poor ventilation allegedly worsened the child’s condition. After docking, the child was kept aboard two days Aug 8–10 without proper treatment.
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Jones
Gerard Picked for German Ambassador
Washington June 6 Justice James W Gerard of the New York State Supreme Court has been selected by President Wilson to be ambassador to Germany. Gerard was originally slated for Spain.
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Washington
James W. Gerard
New York State Supreme Court
Wilson
Germany
Gerard
Spain
G O P Paper Joins Moosers in Manchester Union Leader Merge
The Manchester Union, a long time Democratic daily and recent Republican, merges with the Manchester Leader Progressive and continues under Leader management. Rosecrans W Pillsbury retires July 1. Frank Knox and associates head the joint operation in a new plant. afternoon Leader Union sell for one cent, morning Union for two cents.
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Manchester
N. H
Manchester Union
Manchester Leader- Progressive
Rosecrans W. Pillsbury
Frank Knox
Leader
City tax rate may be 17.20 this year in Boston
Mayor Fitzgerald says Boston’s per‑thousand tax rate will climb to 17.20 due to higher state and school appropriations. This would mark an increase of 1.40 from last year’s 16.40, after two years at 16.40.
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Boston
Fitzgerald
Illinois Becomes Suffrage State Newsreel Signing
Governor Dunne signed the woman suffrage bill in Springfield, making Illinois the first state east of the Mississippi to grant women the right to vote in all statutory offices. The bill takes effect July 1. Attorney General Lucey doubts constitutionality only upon implementation.
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Springfield
Ill
Dunne
General Assembly
Illinois
Mississippi
P. J. Lucey
Plan Improvement of Dorchester Bay Vote
Port Directors approve a survey of Dorchester Bay with plans to spend between $50 000 and $100 000 on developing the bay.
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Dorchester Bay
Nurses Graduated at Long Island Hospital
Graduation exercises at Long Island Hospital chapel drew 300 attendees including former nurses internes and physicians. Dr Charles Donlan welcomed guests as diplomas were awarded to fourteen graduates led by Miss Mary L Thomas and Miss Rhoda A Lamb.
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Long Island Hospital
Monitor
George A. Hibbard
Charles E. Donlan
James Albert Dorsey
Board of Trustees
Gerald Blake
J. S. Tomkins
Blake
Rhoda A. Lamb
Francis A. Campbell
Mary J. Fennesey
Dorsey
Mary L. Thomas
Margaret T. O’donnell
Robena M. McGrandel
Ingeborg L. Vedoe
Agnes C. Quigley
Mary A. Lafferty
Agnes B. Kelliher
Katherine A. Donovan
Ethel McMillan
Georgina M. de Coste
Julia M. Leary
Jeanne M
Ex-employee Defends President Mellen Letter to the Editor
A former New Haven worker defends President Mellen against negative press. He cites Mellen’s leadership, Central New England gains, an industrial bureau adding thousands of jobs, and New England tourism growth. He urges cautious judgment to inspire employee confidence and counter demoralization.
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New Haven
Mellen
New England
Ir. Mellen
Napoleon
Mr. Mellen
John J. Morgan
Boston
Captain J. W. Jones dies in Belfast hardware merchant and former ship commander
Captain John W. Jones a 20 year local hardware merchant and retired ship commander died this morning in Belfast at age 66. He was a prominent Mason and leaves a wife and two sons.
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Belfast
John W. Jones
Ferry Boat Strikes Slip Damaging Ferry Runway
The ferry Governor Russell, under Captain Edward L. Searle, crashed into the North ferry slip yesterday at 2:45 p m causing heavy timber damage and misalignment of the passenger runway. Minor boat damage included a broken pin and copper sheet. slip will be rebuilt over several days before use resumes. The vessel proceeded to East Boston about thirty minutes later.
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North Ferry
Serle
Russell
East Boston
Sparse Ferry Crossing Carries Wagons Unharmed
Few passengers aboard the ferryboat escaped unharmed while none of the six wagons from the East Boston side were upset or horses thrown.
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East Boston
Harvard Medical School Names New Associate Professors
Dr Charles Allen Porter and Dr Edward Hall Nichols were named associate professors of surgery by the Harvard Medical School president and fellows. The announcement lists additional appointments across psychiatry, senito-urinary surgery, surgical anatomy, otology, and medicine, with several instructors and fellows recognized for three year terms and alumni roles.
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Charles Allen Porter
Edward Hall Nichols
Harvard Medical School
Herman Morris Adler
Hugh Cabot
David Cheever
Eugene A. Crockett
Channing Frothingham, Jr
Thomas Ordway
William H. Smith
Alexander Forbes
Percy Goldthwait Stiles
John B. Blake
Richard C. Cabot
Robert B. Greenough
Howard A. Lothrop
Franklin S. Newell
Paul Thornton
Ernest E. Tuzzer
John Warren
Malcolm Storer
Howard T. Swain
Ernest B Young
Robert L. DeNormandie
Robert M. Green
Henry T. Hutchins
Postmaster General Orders Over Twelve Billion Stamps
Washington June 26 Postmaster General Burleson ordered through the Secretary of the Treasury 12 071 481 000 postage stamps for the new fiscal year The allocation includes 11 980 500 000 ordinary stamps 20 000 000 special delivery stamps 70 980 000 postage due stamps 31 460 000 stamp books and 1 291 000 coils for vending machines
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Washington
Burleson
Secretary of the Treasury
Eight Italians Die In Dynamite Blast Near Parham
Eight Italians were killed when dynamite exploded at a Canadian Pacific railway construction camp about ten miles from Parham, Kingston Ontario. Five bodies were recovered at noon.
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Kingston
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railway
Parham
Mellen Likely to resign after stockholders meeting
Confirmation from a source close to the New Haven stockholders protective committee indicates the committee's actions threaten President Charles S. Mellen's retirement. A Boston banking figure states stockholders' committee, with Morgan and Pennsylvania railroads, will dominate the upcoming meeting.
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New Haven Stockholders’ Protective Committee
Charles S. Mellen
Boston
Morgan and Pennsylvania Railroad
Mellen to resign if indictments are quashed
A New York despatch yesterday reported Mr. Mellen would resign if federal indictments under the Sherman antitrust act were quashed and pending actions not pressed. A stockholders and directors sub-committee conference was set for this afternoon at 3 in New Haven offices. The New Haven executive committee noon meeting appointed the road sub-committee to travel to New York. The stockholders sub-committee will include George von L. Meyer as chairman, Charles A. Stone, Eugene V. R. Thayer, Eli Whitney, and Frank W. Matteson.
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New York
Mellen
New Haven
George von L. Meyer
Charles A. Stone
Stone & Webster
Eugene V. R. Thayer
The
Merchants’ National Bank
Eli Whitney
Frank W. Matteson
Providence
Policeman John J Avery Suspended After Quincy Shooting
Policeman John J Avery of the Quincy police department was suspended after he shot Francis Gilrain near Quincy High School. Gilrain, of 26 Chestnut Street, was in City Hospital in Quincy resting comfortably late last night.
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John J. Avery
Quincy Police Department
Francis Gilrain
Quincy High School
Gilrain
Chestnut Street
City Hospital
Quincy
Eugene R. Stone
Avery
Frank R. Burrell
Thomas McDonnell
Burrell
John F. Welch
Pr. John
H. Ash
McDonnell
Mayor Stone Defends Suspension After Shooting
Mayor Eugene R. Stone said the Avery suspension followed a conference with Chief Burrell and aims at public and officer welfare. A full investigation will probe the shooting.
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G. O. P. Paper
Moosers
Boyle Bros
Credit System
American Woolen Co
Washington St
Long Island
J. W. Jones
Blackwood
Madras
Earl & Wilson Makers OF
Troy
Harvard Medical
Boylston Street
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Continental
Hart Schaffner
Marx
OPHIN
INSIG
Washington Street
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