Mayor Attacks Lomasney Bills in Boston Dinner
Mayor Fitzgerald denounced two Lomasney backed bills at a Bellevue dinner with Boston lawmakers. He opposed a city employee discharge appeal bill and a city controller bill, urged tax restraint, and urged bipartisan support for revenue measures while noting absences from several legislators.
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Fitzgerald
Boston
Senate
House
Bellevue
Martin Lomasney
Public Service Committee
Committee On Cities
Boston Aldermen Debate Sewer Loan Amid Budget Fight
The Board of Aldermen split 7 to 5 over a $1,000,000 loan for sewers tied to a larger $1,950,000 public works package. Mayor and chief engineer defend rapid passage as the South ferry hours issue and a joint billboard nuisance probe are discussed. budget talks target a $17,270,647 appropriation.
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Alderman Bell
Dorchester
Whelton
Mr. Dorras
Hennessey
Kneeland
Baldwin
Bangs
Berwin
Bromberg
Bell
Draper
Battis
Cauley
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Committee On Appropriations
Police and Excise Bill Faces Bipartisan Criticism
Senator Pren tiss Cummings chairs the committee on metropolitan affairs as the police and excise bill advances to the Legislature. It abolishes the Police Board, creates a police commissioner and an Excise Board to supervise liquor licenses, and draws Republican and Democrat opposition over party control and power.
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Prentiss Cummings
Brookline
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Board of Police
Guild
Democratic Party
Police and Excise
Malone
Cummings
Boy Seeks 25000 Damages Over Lost Eye
John J. Whalen a minor through his next friend began a suit in the Superior Court for 25000 dollars claiming a nail injury while opening a packing case caused the loss of sight in one eye. He was employed by William Ros nosky.
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John J. Whalen
William Rosnosky
Whittier High dramatic fire prompts daring rescues
A Whitier High School blaze trapped 175 pupils and teachers in a stairwell and rear rooms. Heroic rescues by Jesse Bourne, Leon Wood, ex Alderman Elmer Atwood, and others saved students as flames engulfed the annex. Dozens injured, one girl ankle broken, many burned.
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Haverhill
John L. Dakin
Jesse H. Bourne
Marion Griffin
Alderman Atwood
Whittier High School
Leon Wood
Whittier
Stella Sargent
Helen Cahill
Maude Rundell
Florence Eno
J. L. Dakin
Frank Gorman
Harold Stevens
Jesse Bourne
Clark Griffin
B. Pierce
M. McCarthy
Susan E. Merrill
Malcolm Sayward
Harold Locke
Young Gorman
John G. Whittier
Elmer S. Atwood
Patrick Somers
John Tracy
Insane Burrill Testifies in $40,000 Suit Against Elevated Railroad
In the third session of Superior Court Chief Justice Bishop presiding, William K. Burrill, plaintiff in a $40,000 case against the elevated railroad, was brought in by keepers from the Westboro Insane Asylum. He alleges he was knocked from a streetcar on May 1908 near Concord street, suffering a broken collarbone and a fractured skull. Medicals say he may recover, though he is now considered sane by some.
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Bishop
William K. Burrill
Westboro Insane Asylum
Burrill
Washington Street
Concord Street
Parish priest Foley begins month long leave due to ill health
In Waltham on March 19 the Rev. Fr. Foley assistant at St Marys parish is taking a month's leave of absence because of ill health.
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Waltham
Fr. Foley
St. Mary’s Parish
Mlle Guilbert Arrives in Boston for Two-Week Engagement
Mlle Yvette Guilbert arrives in Boston amid a winter storm to begin a two week run at the Colonial Theatre. She says this is her first trip to Boston and cautions she may not judge the city yet while noting American regard for money as a hollow god.
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Mademoiselle Yvette Guilbert
Yvette
America
Boston
Colonial Theatre
Danger from fire escapes at Brimmer school
At yesterday’s school committee meeting the acting master warned of dangerous fire escapes at the Brimmer school with east end leading to a railingless roof and possible pushing into the street. He noted the other end’s escapes were condemned and the matter was sent to the school house commission for report. The superintendent opposed disciplinary rooms for misbehaving pupils and an order to transfer Webb School property on Porter street to the City Hospital trustees was approved.
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W. S.S. Kenny
Webb
Porter Street
Mellen Attacks Roosevelt Rail Rate Bill in Hartford
Charles S. Mellen president of the New Haven & Hartford denounces President Roosevlt s railroad rate bill as pernicious. He calls the measure dangerous to public interest and powers of railroads and warns it could rob one carrier to benefit another. He outlines electrification plans and urges Hartford to back a fast cheap suburban service.
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Martin M. Lomasney
James J. Mellen
Charlestown
Fuil
John J. Mitchell
Marlboro
Cummings
Hartford
New England
Mellen
Roosevelt
Hartford, Conn
Charles S. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Benedict Arnold
Get Together Club
Moody says government to punish wrongdoers not the Packers
Attorney General W. H. Moody, in closing arguments at the Packers hearing in Chicago, argues the government seeks punishment for living individuals who committed wrong rather than the corporation, insisting the government and the people demand accountability.
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Chicago
W. H. Moody
United States
Train Crash Scare Near Faneuil Station Brighton
Passengers on a 6 o'clock South Framingham local on the Boston & Albany main division feared a crash at Faneuil station when the locomotive tender coupling pin broke. The train sped briefly before brakes halted it. A second engine was sent from Boston and the train continued.
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Assengers
Framingham
Boston & Albany
Faneuil
Brighton
Boston
Attorney General Remarks At Trial On Immunity Pleas
The Attorney General criticizes immunity pleas by defendants who claim pardons. He notes the burden of proof lies on each defendant and argues the pleas are post hoc. Moody is expected to continue speaking tomorrow as the case proceeds.
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Miller
Armour & Co
United States Supreme Court
Moody
Resignation Accepted At Maplewood Church
Malden March 19 trustees of Maplewood Congregational Church accept the resignation of Rev. Co. S. McFarland D D presented February 4 to take effect June 21.
Waltham Watch Co Expands Its Parks
Waltham March 19 The American Waltham Watch Company plans to enlarge its park system along Crescent Street opposite the plant. The move highlights the firm’s commitment to improving its grounds and worker surroundings at the Waltham facility.
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Waltham Watch CO
Waltham
American Waltham Watch Company
Crescent Street
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