Sealed verdict in Watson libel suit reported
The 50 000 dollar libel suit by City Councillor James A. Watson against the Post Publishing Company was decided by a sealed verdict at 9 40 last night in Judge Keating's Suffolk Superior Court. Closing arguments and the judge's charge occupied most of yesterday. The jury was asked if the Post acted with actual malice in publishing the December 3 1915 article questioning Watson's honesty and mental state. The verdict will be reported this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson
the Post Publishing Company
James A. Watson
Post Publishing Company
Keating
Suffolk
William A. Prout
Tibet
War relief funds raised in Boston Opera House
Sixty thousand dollars was contributed in half an hour to allied war relief funds last night when 3100 persons crowded into every available seat in the Boston Opera House, answering the appeal of American ambulance field service workers.
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Boston Opera House
War pictures draw thousands to Somme front films
Three thousand people were turned away as crowds gathered to view British government war films in Boston. Donations topped 32,000 dollars from Mrs. William G. Weld and family for Dr. Weld’s memory, with other large gifts from spectators. Dr. Morton Prince urged funds for sending 22-car ambulances to France, to be seen along the front from Flanders to Alsace. Hugh Bancroft led the event and introduced Captain Ian Hay Beith.
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Long Somme
William G. Weld
Dr. Weld
Morton Prince
Norman France
Aviation Service
France
Boston
Mass
Dr. Prince
Somme
Picardy
Champagne
Forest
Argonne
Verdun
Flanders
Vosges
Alsace
Hugh Bancroft
Ian Hay Beith
England
Funeral for Mrs Maranville in Springfield
The funeral of Mrs Elizabeth S Maranville wife of Boston Braves shortstop Walter J Maranville was held from the home this morning with a requiem high mass at Sacred Heart Church. Attending were Hugh Duff Boston Braves coach Edward McHugh a former vaudeville partner and Boston fan and Mrs John J Evers wife of Braves second baseman Johnny Evers.
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Maranville
Springfield
Elizabeth S. Maranville
Walter J. Maranville
Boston Braves
Sacred Heart Church
Hugh Duff
Edward McHugh
Boston
John J. Evers
Johnny Evers
The
Braves
Harvard Soldier Death Report Refuted
John Arthur Herbert, Harvard senior, was reported killed in action in Europe last week but is alive, according to word received at Cambridge by Harvard junior Thomas H. Fisher.
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Harvard
John Arthur Herbert
Europe
Cambridge
Thomas H. Fisher
Wakefield approves police and staff pay raises
At a Wakefield town meeting the finance committee voted to raise police pay from 3 to 3.50 per hour and public works laborers from 2.50 to 2.75. The chief of police salary increases to 1500 dollars, the town accountant to 1200, and teachers gain 100 dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Saugus Votes to Accept Carnegie Library Gift
At the 1024th annual town meeting Saugus approved accepting a Carnegie library gift of 14,000 dollars, appropriated 1,400 dollars annually for upkeep, and allocated 2,000 dollars for a library site.
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Saugus
Carnegie Library
Boston Elevated official outlines transit plan for city
President Matthew C. Brush of the Boston Elevated Railway Company told the legislative committee on metropolitan affairs that many millions must be spent and substantial tunnel and subway construction added to give Greater Boston an efficient and comprehensive transportation system.
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Greater Boston
Matthew C. Brush
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Legislative Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Boston Transit Plan Outlined with Loop Service and Subways
Mr. Brush presented a transportation proposal for Boston featuring a city loop service and several subway extensions for the city and suburbs. The Elevated president spoke candidly urging legislation for financial relief and support for commissions studying the company. He noted 107,000,000 paper transfers annually and proposed eliminating about 8 percent through closed transfer areas at Dudley Street and Sullivan Square.
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Brush
Boston
Elevated
Special Commission
Cambridge
Dudley Street
Sullivan Square
Boston transit plan outlines new routes and tunnels
The proposal details a loop train service from Lechmere through the Tremont Street subway and Atlantic Avenue loop to North Station, replacing surface cars. It also calls for extending the Boylston Street subway to Post Office Square, the Dorchester tunnel to Upham’s Corner, an entrance to the Boylston Street tunnel for Columbus Avenue cars, extending the East Boston tunnel to Chelsea, and enlarging the Forest Hills yard.
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Mr. Brush
Lechmere Street
Cambridge
Tremont Street
Dover Street
Harrison Avenue
Atlantic Avenue
North Station
Boylston Street
Postoffice Square
Dorchester
Upham’s Corner
Columbus Avenue
East Boston
Chelsea
Forest Hills
Wood Attacks Berle Over Compulsory Service Speech
New York March 12 Major General Leonard Wood rebutted Rev Adolf A Berle at an Economic Club banquet condemning compulsory military service as he argued that with three months' training he could hold his own with any officer. He had spoken earlier at the same event and demanded a second hearing after Berle criticized the policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leonard Wood
Economic Club
Adolf A. Berle
Wood
Berle
Photo Engravers Union Smoker Draws Roxbury Crowd
Boston Photo Engravers Union No. 3 held a complimentary smoker in International Hall Roxbury with speeches by union leaders including Bert Brady Edward Martin Austin Kaveny William McNeil and James W Fitzpatrick. A program featured Thomas Martin the Remick singers an East Cambridge trio and McFadden's banjo orchestra followed by refreshments.
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Boston Photo-Engravers’ Union No
International Hall
Roxbury
Bert Brady
Typographical Union
Edward Martin
Boston Typographical Union No
Austin Kaveny
Boston Central Labor Union
William McNeil
Street paving bids rise as costs jump in 1917 contracts
Senator James P. Timilty voices concern as Central Construction Co submits higher bids for city asphalt patching. The 25000 square yard item goes from $1.16 to $1.37 per yard this year. A second 5000 yard surface heater job climbs from 50 cents to 77 cents per yard.
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James P. Timilty
Central Construction Company
Timilty
Kelly Defeats Hunt In Weymouth Election
Edward H. Hunt longtime Weymouth selectman and former chairman was defeated by Joseph Kelly in the town election. Other elected board members were Henry E. Hanley Alfred W. Hastings Bradford Hawes and George L. Newton. License vote tallies and vendor advertisement noted.
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Edward HH. Hunt
Weymouth Board of Selectmen
Joseph Kelly
Henry E. Hanley
Alfred W. Hastings
Bradford Hawes
George L. Newton
Death of John W Pugh in the city
John W Pugh beloved husband of Annie nee Melonson Pugh of 41 East Springfield Street died March 12 Funeral details to be announced by the family in due course
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Pugh
John W
Annie (Nee Melonson) Pugh
East
Springfield St
Urge psychopathic homes for women in Sherborn
Prison authorities urged building a specialized facility at Sherborn to treat and study women labeled psychopathic, as Cyrus B. Adams testified before the legislative committee on public institutions. A Sherborn delegation led by Representative Edward Carr opposed the site.
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Sherborn
Legislative Committee On Public Institutions
Cyrus B. Adams
Edward Carr
Gerard Carries Secrets on Journey to Washington
In Key West on March 12 James W. Gerard disembarked from the Havana Key West boat to catch a train to Washington. An officer offered to relieve him of a dispatch bag hanging from his shoulder, but Gerard declined. Since leaving Berlin he has carried the bag through Switzerland France and Spain with no one else handling it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West, Fla
James W. Gerard
Havana
Chas. H. Fletcher
Secret German treaty draft guards in presidential papers
The text describes a tightly guarded paper in the President's private collection, a German draft of the old Prussian treaty kept by a trusted figure. It hints at the foreign office's pressure for signature and the defiant stance taken by the unnamed individual who protects it.
Drafted treaty draft shown to President during captivity
Mr Gerard kept the draft of the amended treaty while burning many private and official papers in the anxious period before release on February 10, revealing how far the German government dared venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mongolas
Gerard
South Boston Citizens Plan Protest Over Rail Freight Widening
City Councillor Ford leads plan to file with the Public Service Commission a vigorous protest against New Haven Railroad to widen freight trackage in South Boston and close the West First Street bridge. Ford previously helped defeat the petition as the City Council rejected the railroad request. The commission holds final say on increasing tracks from two to four.
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Ford
Public Service Commission
South Boston
New Haven Railroad
West First Street
New Haven
Welbridge Wellesley police receive town meeting raise
The Wel lesley police department members had pay raised by town vote last night. Patrolmen gain 100 dollars annually while Chief Harry M Kingsbury receives 200 dollars yearly. City laborers also awarded 36 cents per day with half day Saturday and overtime time and a half.
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Wellesley Police Department
Harry M. Kingsbury
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John
Anas
Ian
Piffle
the Post Publishing Co
Edmund A. Whitman
Hagan
Post
Roessle
Coakley
Curley
Danie H. Coakley
Civil Service Commission
Neal
Neal Institute
Newbury ST
Bosto Rn Casy
Night Back Bay
Army
Paul Jones & Co
Louisville, Kentucky
Dental Iau
Boylston Bt
Kelly
Hunt
Weymouth
Neals
Key West
Wilson
Wellesley
Fletcher's
Chalmers
Detroit
Chalmers Motor Co
New England
Commonwealth Avenue
Congress Street
Portland
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