Navy bill would cost 1.5 billion for ships by 1925
Admiral Fletcher testifies before the House naval committee that implementing the navy general board plan would cost about 1.5 billion dollars for new ships plus an annual 760 million maintenance. He says the US can afford protection commensurate with other powers and cautions that disarmament talks are too vague to base building on.
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Washington
Fletcher
Navy General Board
House Naval Committee
Callaway
Great Britain
Fietcher
United States
Hensley
Oliver
Admiral Fletcher
U S Bluejackets in Brawls With Germans
A Reuters dispatch from Athens reports several fights between German troops and American guard ship crews in Constantinople. The Bluejackets are now restricted from landing and barred from German-frequented amusements as tensions rise amid widespread animosity toward Germans.
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London
Reuter
Athens
Constantinople
German U Boats Laying Mines Off the Thames
London reports the English blockade by mines already exists along the route to Holland. German submarines have been busy laying anchored mines between the Thames mouth and the Gallower lightship, near areas where several disasters occurred last month. Passenger ships had dodged floating mines by daylight but no method guards against submerged anchored mines.
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London
England
Germany
Holland
Thames
Judge pensions debate prompts uniform treatment request
Chief Justice Joan A. Aiken appeared before a legislative committee to oppose bills reducing Superior Court judges pensions. He said the 28 judges he represents do not want special status in any general pension reform and seek parity with other public officials and employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan A. Aiken
Superior Court
Legislative Committee On Social Welfare
Teen Charged in Break-in at Store Under Park Street Church
Alexander J. McDonald, 17, of Watertown, was held yesterday in 200 dollars for the grand jury after being charged with breaking and entering the Mary Elizabeth store and Fannie R. Evans shop under the Park Street Church.
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Mary Elizabeth
Fannie R. Evans
Park Street
Alexander J. McDonald
Watertown
Mrs Anna Hayes Sues For Divorce In Abusive Marriage
Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Hayes 28 a mother of four from 9 Ohio Street South End filed for divorce from Jeremiah J Hayes 22 alleging cruel abusive treatment and repeated threats to kill. She works as an art model and her children model in Boston studios portraying slums and tenements.
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Anna Elizabeth Hayes
Teresa
Thomas
Mary D. Page
Ohio Street
South End
Jeremiah J. Hayes
Tenement Mother recalled in Hayes family tale
Mrs. Hayes recounts marriage in 1915 to a nonworking husband who abused her and mistreated five children. She describes poverty from beatings to constant moves, supporting the family as a model while collaborating on a painting titled the Tenement Mother.
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Mary D. Page
Custody Fight After Man Accuses Affair and Threat
Mrs Hayes seeks custody of her four children after alleging her husband pursued them with a gun. She states a month ago she and the children left to 244 Harrison Avenue. he tracked them down and threatened them. She describes her appearance and notes the children resemble her.
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Harrison Avenue
Actors Demand Intermissions and Jobs for Stage Plays
A large group of actors and actresses urged the Legislature committee to require intermissions every 30 minutes in movie houses to create stage work. The committee rejected the intermission bill and also rejected a proposal to ban ticket sales after seats are full.
Massachusetts Moves to Destroy Dogfish in Bay
Massachusetts legislative fisheries committee reports a bill to appoint a commission to study best methods to destroy the dogfish and authorize spending up to $100 for the investigation.
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STATE
Massachusetts
Legislative Committee On Fisheries and Game
Erastus Lermond Dies in Maine Dairy Farmer and Political Candidate
Erastus Lermond, a notable dairy farmer in Thomaston Maine and a former national Democratic ticket presidential elector candidate on the Palmer Buckner line in 1896 and a 1898 gubernatorial hopeful, died today.
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Erastus Lermond
Maine
Thomaston
Maren
Erastue Lermond
National Democratic Party
Palmer- Buckner
Mayor Curley Wins in Senate Over Finance Commission
The Senate passed to engross a bill raising Boston’s tax rate by 40 cents per thousand valuation, ending the Finance Commission’s opposition. The measure ends school board borrowing for construction and adopts a pay as you go policy funded by taxation. Senator Parker proposed a 10 cent cut, but the vote rejected the amendment.
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Curley
Boston School Committee
Boston Finance Commission
Senate
Boston
Finance Commission
Parker
Hearings End on Brandeis Nomination in Senate Subcommittee
Public hearings on Louis D. Brandeis of Boston for the Supreme Court associate justice seat were terminated by the Senate judiciary sub-committee after a month of inquiry. The Brandeis firm reported 43862 in fees plus 410 for clerical services from the Lenox bankruptcy case. Chairman Chilton plans a speedy report, with Senator Fletcher absent for two months in South America.
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Washington
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Supreme Court
Judiciary
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Brandeis, Dunbar & Nutter
Lenox
Edward F. MecClennen
Brandeis
Fletcher
South America
Chilton
Roosevelt disavows Illinois primary delegates candidacy
John W. McGrath, Roosevelt secretary, reports a telegraph from Theodore Roosevelt to Illinois Secretary of State Louis X Stevenson. Roosevelt disavows any candidacy of delegates who file petitions showing preference for him in the presidential nomination.
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New York
John W. McGrath
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Louis G. Stevenson
Illinois
Springfield
Theodord Roosevelt
Blizzard postpones tests of the Porter destroyer
Blizzard conditions forced the torpedo boat destroyer Porter on its first standardization trials to return to Rockland Maine before completion. Heavy seas filled the vessel hindering data collection. a new set of trials will be arranged. A 29 knot speed was reached in some runs.
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Rockland
Porter
Board of Inspection and Survey
Vetoes Lure Legislature With Police Reinstatement Bills
Governor McCall sends two veto messages to the Legislature returning without signature the bills to reinstate Boston police officers Roland P. Green and Jon T. Flatley. Both officers had been dismissed after a police trial board found them guilty of assaulting a fellow officer named Fitzgerald. Read more in the Sunday Post Magazine.
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McCall
Boston Police Department
Roland P. Green
Jon T. Flatley
Police Department
Fitzgerald
Brookline swimmer Philipson Na son marries last Sunday
Brookline friends confirm that Philip E. Na son a noted Brookline G A A swimmer and teammate of Leo Handy married last Sunday. The report highlights Na son’s record achievements and partnership with Handy in local aquatic circles.
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Brookline
Philip E. Nason
Brookline G. A. A
Leo Handy
Nason-Miss Warren Wed Quietly in New Hampshire
William E. Nason a Brookline contractor and Harold Nason attended the ceremony at Court Street Baptist Church Portland New Hampshire. The bride Marion G Warren daughter of Ernest C Warren Portland Me is 18 and Helen Warren served as maid of honor. Nason manages the Boston office of the Wilson steamship line sailing to Hull England.
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Marion G. Warren
Portland
Philip E. Nason
Brookline
Nason
William E. Nason
Davis Avenue
Ernest C. Warren
Court Street Baptist Church
Portsmouth
N. H
Pp. W. Caswell
Helen Warren
Harold
Mr. Nason
Portland High School
Boston
Wilson Steamship Line
Hull
England
Lavalle Leaves District Attorney Office Today
Former Assistant District Attorney Thomas D. Lavelle finishes work at the district attorney office yesterday and starts private practice in the Scollay building. Daniel J. Gallagher, appointed to fill the vacancy, resumes duties and will qualify at the court opening.
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Thomas D. Lavelle
District Attorney's Office
Scollay
Daniel J. Gallagher
Pelletier
Lavelle
Desmond Child Dies in Haverhill of Pneumonia
Daniel C Desmond aged 7 son of Reverend Daniel Desmond of St Josephs Mediorad and long time Haverhill resident died this afternoon at 1 Garden Street from pneumonia His funeral will be Friday at 10 AM with a solemn high mass of requiem at St James Church.
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Haverhill
Daniel C. Desmond
Daniel ’. Desmond
St. Joseph’s Church
Mediorad
Garden Street
St. James’ Churen
Two Senators and Harvard Professor to Speak at Lowell Banquet
United States Senators Gore and George of Oklahoma and Professor Albert Bushnell Hart of Harvard will speak at the Lowell Board of Trade banquet. George discusses the tariff Commission, Gore on politics linked to the European situation, Hart on the Monroe Doctrine.
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Lowell
United States
Gore and
George
Oklahoma
Albert Bushnell Hart
Harvard
Lowell Board of Trade
Gore
Hart
Auto accident suits filed for over forty thousand dollars
Legal actions exceeding $40 100 have been filed in Dedham for damages from auto accidents. Plaintiffs include Abraham Glaser vs Mary A Dolan for 20 000 over a June 1 1915 Jamaica Plain collision. Cornelius Donovan against Francis E Carlson for 20 000 over a May 38 1915 Dedham crash. Ward Baking Co 100 against Ama J Stoddard over a 1915 Brookline property damage. Walter Bucklin against Mahlon Bryan over a November 17 1915 collision. and Faith Goddard alleging auto damage from John T Kaler’s vehicle on Summit Avenue Sharon.
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Dedham
Mary A. Dolan
Boylston Street
Abraham Glaser
Brookline
Glaser
Francis E. Carlson
Norwood
Cornelius F. Donovan
Edwin Donovan
Carlson
East Street
Ward Baking Company
Ama J. Stoddard
Braintree
Baking Company
Washington Street
Walter 8. Bucklin
Mahlon R. Bryan
New England Boosters Plan Westward Vacation Campaign
At a Copley Plaza meeting hotel railroad and business leaders discussed promoting New England as a vacation region. The plan includes a publicity campaign in the Middle and Far West and New York with display ads and a slogan New England Calls to be used in newspapers this summer. A follow up meeting will finalize the advertising plan.
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Copley Plaza
New England
Middle
Far West
New York
Lexington to Establish Special Aid Branch
A Lexington branch of the Special Aid Society for American Preparedness will organize in Cary Hall at 10 this morning. The group aims to prepare not for war but against war, promoting patriotic education and national defense. Mrs. James J. Storrow of Boston will speak on Preparedness.
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Lexington
Special Aid Society For American Preparedness
Cary Hall
James J. Storrow
Boston
Mother Mamie Wilson Found Dead in Manchester Home
Mrs. Mamie Wilson, 30, was discovered with a throat wound in her Linden Street bedroom. Medical examiners ruled death a suicide, noting she clasped her husband’s razor and was alone with two children when the act occurred. A recent fire nearby and her nervous temperament were mentioned.
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Manchester
N. H
Mamie Wilson
Linden Street
D. J. Moran
Woman Sues Childs Over Nail Found in Pie
Flora Ash of Boston sues Childs Dining Hall Company in Suffolk Superior Court claiming a nail was swallowed with a piece of pie eaten at 269 Washington Street on July 8 1915. She alleges no knowledge by the restaurant and cites severe bodily and mental suffering plus medical expenses.
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Flora Ash
Boston
Suffolk Superior Court
Childs Dining Hall Company
Washington Street
Simon Swig Sues Elevated for 3000 in Auto Crash
Simon Swig sues the Boston Elevated for 3000 in Suffolk Superior Court claiming injuries from a collision on September 6 1915 at the corner of Blue Hill avenue and Intervale street while riding in his automobile.
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Simon Swig
Elevated
Boston Elevated
Suffolk Superior Court
Blue Hill Avenue
Intervale Street
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Cor
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Cruel
T. R
Wires
Kallikak
Sunday Post
Dist. Atty
John T. Manning Umbrella Manufacturer
Winter St
John T. Kaler
Sharon
Faith Goddard
Summit Avenue
Kaler
N. E
N. Y
West
Childs
Sterling Ale
Sterling
Rueter & Company Ale and Porter
Boston ‘Brewers
Siz
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