Maniac Sought As Assailant Of Boy
Police at Back Bay station search for a man believed to have thrown 11 year old Francis Bowen into the Muddy River near the Agassiz bridge after Bowen and friend George Shaughnessy were accosted on their way home from Forsyth Dental Infirmary. Bowen, rescued from the ice, was treated at City Hospital and returned home.
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Francis Bowen
Muddy River
Agassiz Bridge
Fenway
Back Bay
Young Bowen
Templeton Street
Dorchester
George Shaughnessy
Edwin Street
Forsyth Dental Infirmary
City Hospital
Manhole Explosion Injures Six In Boston Street Turmoil
A manhole blast injures six, knocks a patrolman, and sparks fear of bombings near the Custom House and subway. Injured include Gordon F. Raymond, Wayland F. Dorothy, and Guiseppi Maggio with minor wounds. Mrs. Mac Innes suffers shock. City officials investigate with the telephone company reports due today.
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Custom House
King
Gordon F. Raymond
Broadway
West Somerville
Wayland
F. Dorothy
Pickney Street
Boston
Guiseppi Maggio
Fleet Street
MacInnes
Sabatino
Peter F. Dolan
James E. Cole
Telephone Company
Worm Expeller Advertisement from 1851
Meredith New Hampshire mother Jennie Bowen credits Dr True's Elixir with saving her son from worms. The ad lists worm symptoms such as deranged stomach, swollen abdomen, sour breath, dull eyes, itching, cough, teeth grinding, and red tongue spots. It touts the product as a 60 year old family laxative and worm expeller priced 85c to 1 dollar, with Auburn Maine as the information address.
German Mexican plot endorsed by Reichstag budget committee
In Berlin on March 5 6 the Reichstag budget committee backed the foreign office plan with unanimous approval after a six hour executive session. The move to negotiate a wartime alliance with Mexico was regarded as a legitimate military precaution.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Tuckerton
Reichstag
Foreign Office
United States
Zimmermann Note Interception Debate Divides Reichstag
The Reichstag debated Foreign Secretary Zimmermann's note after its interception. Members split along party lines with Liberals and Conservatives supporting the move while Socialists criticized it, and the issue was linked to Germany's neutrals relations pending Ambassador von Bernstorff's arrival.
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Zimmermann
von Bernstorff
United States
Mexico
Reichstag
Wilson
Germany
Dr. Zimmermann
No Call for Phone Meters Across Measured Service
Attorney M B Jones for New England Telephone told the legislative mercantile affairs committee that meters have not been installed due to insufficient subscriber demand. He said the Public Service Commission can order meters but there is inadequate demand. Jones opposed a bill to equip all measured service phones with meters free of charge.
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New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
M. B. Jones
Telephone Company
Legislative Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Jones
Public Service Commission
Plans to organize the House if independents block business
Washington March 6 Democratic and Republican leaders discuss a bipartisan plan to organize the incoming House with Champ Clark as speaker and equal committee memberships and patronage. The proposal aims to prevent public business delays if five independents seek control over organizational rules.
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Washington
House
Champ Clark
Independents Hold Secret Caucuses as House Stays Split
Independents refuse to join Democrats or Republicans and hold secret caucuses. If they act as a bloc they can stall House business, keeping party lines intact. With 215 per side possible, 218 votes needed for Speaker could trigger bipartisan shifts in a crisis. Both parties seek converts among five independents while avoiding a full desertion.
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House
Wilson
Senate
President Nominates Liggett and Kerman for Generals
Washington March 6 President Wilson nominated Hunter Liggett now a brigadier general for major general to fill Funston s vacancy Funeral death of Major General Frederick Funston mentioned Colonel Francis J Kerman of the 28th Infantry promoted to brigadier general details show a reshaping of high rank positions within the army and the date and names are given.
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Washington
Wilson
Hunter Liggett
Frederick Funston
Francis J. Kerman
28Th Infantry
Disappearance of Rankin and Reilly Stirs Canton
The sudden absences of Rosa Rankin and Thomas J. Reilly, both of Canton, within days of each other, trigger a grand excitement in town as Darius B. Rankin, formerly of Canton, files a $20,000 alienation suit against Reilly.
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Rosa Rankin
Thomas J. Reilly
Canton
Mr. Reilly
Darius B. Rankin
New Bill Puzzles Autoists With Right of Way Rule
A proposed rule from the Auto Mobile Legal Association and Highway Commission would grant right of way at intersections to the vehicle on the right, with left side drivers required to slow or stop. The measure, favorable in committee, would allow court evidence of infractions in injury or damage cases, sparking a four way priority puzzle at four way intersections.
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Automobile Legal Association
The
Highway Commission
Senate
Legislative Committee On Roads and Bridges
Demand Better Shoeing In Winter Brings City Debate
Boston Work horse Relief Association members at the Revere House urged more frequent winter shoeing to cut traffic delays and protect horses. They cited slippery streets and worn shoes endangering valuable work animals during daily use.
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Boston
Boston Workhorse Relief Association
Revere House
Rankins Separated After Missouri Move and Legal Action
Darius Rankin, about 45, and his wife Rosa Rankin, long in Canton, claim adversity after Darius illness. After he returned to Sanford, Maine, Rosa left Canton with clothing and effects destined for Maine. Two Rankin brothers later sought Rosa’s whereabouts as an attachment of $20,000 on Mr Reilly’s property. Dedham court files allege Reilly enticed Rosa to desert Rankin to deprive him of her company and affections starting Jan 1, 1917, depriving Rankin of his wife’s affections.
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Darius B. Rankin
Rosa Rankin
Canton
Dedham
Reilly
Rankin
Tennessee House denounces filibuster as treason threat
Nashville Tenn March 6 The Tennessee House adopted a resolution likening the filibuster in the National Senate to contemptible and little short of treason The measure urges Congress to support President Wilson after yesterday's Senate action denouncing the armed neutrality bill
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee House
Senate
National Senate
Congress
Wilson
Weather May Melt New England Snow Soon
Warmer temperatures could clear a foot of snow across New England. If sun and heat fall short, rain is expected to wash away remaining snow by tomorrow. The New Haven railroad sent 200 workers to North Truro to cut through 14 foot drifts that blocked a freight train since Monday. Passenger service between Provincetown and Boston will resume this morning.
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New England
New Haven
North Truro
Provincetown
Boston
Masters of Horseshoeing Urge Safer Teamster Practices
Members of the Master Horseshoers Protective Association denounced teamsters carelessness that harms horses and owners. They urged owners to trust trained horseshoers over intoxicated drivers and called for abolishing a 10 cent per horse shoe commission. The meeting promoted frequent winter shoeing to prevent slips, delays, and injuries, and featured a spring shoe exhibit with nonslip devices.
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Master Horseshoers’ Protective Association
Thomas J. Murphy
South Boston
Henry C. Merwin
The
Association
A. B. Root
C. A. McLellan
Horseshoers’ Association
Edward Day
John H. Smith
Roslindale
Smith
Patrolman Saves Man From Poison Overdose at Mission
Elmer Leavitt, 21 Pleasant Street, swallowed four antiseptic tablets at West End Rescue Mission 42 Green Street. Patrolman Nordberg of Joy Street police station applied first aid and had Leavitt taken to Relief Hospital where he is expected to recover.
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Elmer Leavitt
Pleasant Street
West End
Green Street
Nordberg
Joy Street
Nippy's Pop Reflects on Desperate Ambrose as a Costly Acquaintance
Nippy's Pop begins to see that Desperate Ambrose is an expensive acquaintance, a fragment from a colorful page of childhood fun in the next Sunday Post.
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Nippy
Ambrose
Watson Trial Opens for Libel Suit Against Boston Post
In Suffolk Superior Court City Councillor James A. Watson faces a $50,000 libel suit against the Boston Post based on a letter from Henry E. Hagan responding to Watson’s Pemberton square speech. The letter appeared in the Post on December 3, 1915.
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Suffolk Superior Court
James A. Watson
The
Post Publishing Company
Keating
Post
Henry E. Hagan
Watson
Pemberton Square
Boston Post
Watson denies labeling Hagan with libelous epithets in Post
The trial centers on Hagan's libel suit against the Post for publishing a letter accusing him of false charges. James A. Watson testified from Roxbury that he did not call Hagan a skunk, washlady, or chambermaid though he admitted using terms like toady fakir and silver top. He said he criticized Hagan's conduct as un-American and noted possible insolvency remarks, while denying bankrupt allegations. The judge scheduled further cross-examination to proceed.
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Watson
Hagan
The
Post
Pemberton Square
James A. Watson
Thornton Street
Roxbury
Dyer Supply Company
Cambridge
Edmund A. Whitman
Mr. Hagan
Frank Downs
Possible May or June Session For Congress Discussed
Congress and administration officials debate a special session to push the Presidents agenda. A rule limiting Senate debate may precede a call to finish the legislation on defense finance and preparedness. Treasury funds and army expenses loom large amid warnings of shortages and stalled programs.
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Congress
Senate
Wilson
War Department
Treasury
Army
National Guard
Navy
O Gorman denies opposing president in armed neutrality bill
New York March 6 Formal denial issued by former United States Senator OGorman denying he participated in the Senate filibuster to defeat the Presidents armed neutrality bill He says he used no more than five minutes of the Senate time in the final three days and never objected to a vote on the measure.
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New York
Senate
United States
O’gorman
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