Mellen meets Boston & Maine minority stockholders on plan
Charles S. Mellen former Boston & Maine and New Haven president met about 20 minority stockholders at 45 Milk Street for over three hours to discuss a proposed reorganization plan. He signaled his hand will influence the draft presented to directors tomorrow.
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Charles S. Mellen
Boston & Maine
New Haven
Boston & Maine Railroad
Milk Street
Mr. Mellen
Conrad W. Crooker
Crooker
Boston
Lexington Women Form First Aid Classes for War
Under the Lexington Branch of the Special Aid Society for American Preparedness, town women organize three first aid classes in the Buckman Tavern. About 20 women attend the sessions to prepare for potential wartime needs.
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Lexington
Special Aid Society For American Preparedness
Buckman Tavern
Sinking of Cunard freighter Folio costs seven lives
Washington dispatch reports the Cunard freighter Folio was sunk off the Irish coast by a submarine without warning. Seven crewmen are dead and one American is in jeopardy, according to Consul Frost at Queenstown who cabled the State Department.
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Washington
Cunard
Folio
Consul Frost
Queenstown
State Department
Cunard Folio Sinking Claims Seven Lives Off Waterford
Despatch reports Cunard liner Folio torpedoed without warning five miles off Ram Head Waterford in heavy fog killing seven of crew of 78. Only American onboard sur geon W J Core saved uninjured. Folio sailed New York February 26 bound for Bristol. former Principe di Piemonte, later Prin cipello. Captain Thomas Inch lauded for bravery.
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New York
Avonmouth
Ram Head
County Waterford
Core
Bristol
Cunard
Waterford
Dungarvon
W. J. Core
Nashville
Tenn
Folio
Volturno
Inch
No Clue Yet to Incendiary Fires in Brookline
Edward Murtagh of the State police and Sgt Rutherford of Brookline police investigated five incendiary fires in five days at the apartment house at 19 Gibbs Street Brookline. Last night no clue was found to aid arrests. police planned to present the case to Chief Neal for an inquest.
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Edward Murtagh
State Police
Rutherford
Brookline
Gibbs Street
Neal
Irish Concert at St Joseph's Roxbury on St Patrick's Night
Mer Splaine permanent rector of St Josephs Church Roxbury has arranged a sacred concert by the church choir in St Josephs School Hall for St Patricks night. The program includes Irish folk songs arias and popular ballads with Shoogy Shop and Yerry dances performed by girls dressed as Irish colleens.
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Mer. Splaine
St. Joseph’s Church
Roxbury
St. Joseph’s School Hall
St. Patrick's Night
Thaw Extradition Plea Reaches New York Governor
District Attorney Swann urged Governor Whitman to direct the New York attorney general to aid in extraditing Harry K. Thaw from Pennsylvania. He attached a letter to Governor Brumbaugh showing the difficulty obtaining a hearing on the application for Thaw’s extradition to face trial in New York on an infamous charge.
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New York
Swann
Whitman
Harry K. Thaw
Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
Thaw Adjudged Lunatic by Philadelphia Court
Harry K Thaw was ruled insane by the Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia and cannot be taken to New York for trial on assault charges. He will be kept at St Mary's Hospital pending transfer to a Pennsylvania asylum after a lunacy commission report and court testimony from Thaw and his mother.
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Philadelphia
Harry K. Thaw
Common Pleas Court
New York
Frederick Gump, Jr
Kansas City
Thaw
St. Mary’s Hospital
Pennsylvania
Icelandic Play Eyvind of the Hills Shown at Jordan Hall
Harvard University 47 Workshop staged Eyvind of the Hills by Icelandic dramatist Johann Sigurjonsson at Jordan Hall last evening. Presented under American-Scandinavian Foundation and Scandinavian Societies of Boston. All profits go to the Red Cross for hospital work in the United States.
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Harvard University
Jordan Hall
Massachusetts SPCA February report details 4051 animals checked
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals released its February report. President Francis H. Rowley states 4051 animals were examined, 82 prosecutions filed with 29 convictions, 115 horses removed from work, 104 horses humane...
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Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Francis H. Rowley
Society
Dr True’s Elixir Advertises Worm Remedy
Advertisement claims symptoms in children include deranged stomach swelling upper lip sour breath and dull eyes. Promotes Dr True’s Elixir as a family laxative and worm expeller for adults too. Mrs Curtis of Houston Texas endorses it and offers to share results. Available from dealers priced 35e 50c and 1.00. Write for more information.
O'Neil Faces Removal Trial Over City Auto Wood Use
Cambridge sewer superintendent Thomas P. O'Neil stood trial in Cambridge City Hall before Mayor Rockwood and City Engineer Hastings to answer charges of using department auto for private use, taking city wood for home use, directing workers for house chores, and an improper settlement with Samuel Grossman over injuries from a city auto. Only witness Patrick McCarthy testified. Mayor Rockwood reportedly brought no charges against Nell.
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Thomas P. O'Neil
Cambridge
Council
City Hall
Rockwood
Louis M. Hastings
O’neil
Samuel Grossman
Grossman
Patrick McCarthy
Sewer Department
Nell
Navy to let contracts for 30 knot scout cruisers
Washington March 13 Another attempt will be made by the Navy Department to place contracts for the construction of 30 knot scout cruisers without invoking the President authority to require private builders to undertake the work. Congress has authorized seven vessels but only one has been contracted so far. Bids have been advertised three times and the cost limit raised from 5 000 000 to 6 000 000, but the department lacks tonight information on how many shipyards will respond.
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Washington
Navy Department
Congress
Department
Lynn Chief seeks ban on coffee house piano and waitresses
Police Chief Thomas M. Burckes has asked Lynn Municipal Council to sponsor an ordinance prohibiting games music and the employment of waitresses and the use of window curtains in coffee houses. The measure would abolish the piano and the phonograph now prominent in most such establishments.
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Thomas M. Burckes
Lynn
Municipal Council of
Senate Changes Aim to Sway Colombia Pact Vote
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved modifications to the Colombian treaty to ease Republican objections. Chairman Stone will present the draft tomorrow in hopes of ratification before the extra session ends. Lodge blasted the pact, accusing German influence and calling for resistance despite the revised apology and $25,000,000 payment.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stone
Senate
United States
Colombia
Panama
Lodge
Germany
Panama Canal
Tushin seeks annulment of marriage to underage spouse
Maurice Tushin of 141 Shawmut avenue files a Superior Court petition seeking annulment of his marriage to Gladys P Chase Darmer, 16, whom he wed June 19, 1916, alleging she already has a husband. He cites her other names Doris J F DeBeleyan and Gladys Darmer, learned of a July 29, 1914 marriage to Frederick W Darmer, and notes no divorce exists. He had her arrested for bigamy and she is reportedly confined in a hospital for mental diseases.
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Maurice Tushin
Shawmut Avenue
Gladys P. Chase Darmer
Doris J F. DeBeleyan
Gladys P. Chase
Gladys P. Darmer
Tushin
Frederick W. Darmer
Lexington Moves to Establish Motor Fire Department
Lexington is now assured of its long hoped-for motorized fire department after a town meeting approved $8000 for motorization. Contracts were signed for a motor ladder apparatus at $6500 and a chassis at $1500 to mount chemical tanks and equipment on the machine known as Chemical No. 1.
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Lexington
Flags at half staff for Captain Gillooly
Flags on all five stations in Somerville are at half staff due to the death of Captain John Gillooly of Engine 4, found dead in bed at the ore station yesterday morning.
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Somerville
John Gillooly
Engine 4
Ore Station
Children Help Weld Franks Ward and Wife to Reconcile
Love for their two children led Walter N Ward of Franklin and his wife Cora M Ward to restore their marriage. Cora Ward withdrew a libel for divorce filed in Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham. The couple separated months ago after accusations of intoxication. Children stayed with Mrs Ward in Franklin and consistently asked for their father who visited with gifts when in New England and New Jersey. Counsel deemed reconciliation likely and the pair, with their two daughters, enjoy a renewed romance on a kind of second honeymoon in New Jersey.
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Walter N. Ward
Franklin
Cora M. Ward
New Jersey
New Hampshire Vacancy Law Urged for Sulloway Successor
Speaker Clark urged Senator Hollis to push a special law permitting a successor to the late Representative Sulloway be chosen before the extra session opens on April 16 to participate in House organization.
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Washington
Clark
Hollis
New Hampshire
Sulloway
House
Ex Fireman Dies on Way to Hospital in Charlestown
George C. Cummings a retired Boston fire department member died while being taken to Haymarket Relief Hospital after falling ill on Sprague street Charlestown. He resided at 89 Green street and was 62 years old.
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George C. Cummings
Boston Fire Department
Haymarket
Sprague Street
Charlestown
Green Street
Maine Trade Board Pledges Support for President Wilson
The Maine State Board of Trade adopted resolutions pledging support to President Wilson and affirming readiness to sacrifice for the principles of individual liberty and freedom on land and sea, described as the sacred emblem of American citizenship. The resolutions were adopted unanimously at the board's semi annual meeting in Portland.
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Maine Trade Board
Portland
Wilson
Maine State Board of Trade
Maine
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the Press Publishing Co
Boss Tal Fur
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Pa Bee Nee Ree Ao
John
MR John
Beart
Mellen
ST. Joseph’s
ST. Joseph’s Mission
Joseph Turner
Elmer Curtin
Lea B
Raymond
Curtin
Harvard
Emanuel Battersby
Weston
Waltham
Edward Fay
Wellesley
Jordan Marsh Company Men’s Store
Summer and
Avon Streets
Jordan, Marsh Company
N. Y
O. K
Auburn, Maine
Cambridge City
Gladys P. C. D. Tushin
Capt
Gillooly
Spurwood
Ciin
St. Patricks
Atkinson
Ireland
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