Directors Culpable in New Haven Rail Case
Supreme Judicial Court heard extensive arguments in the 200 million suit by Ralph Bartlett and other Vaughn heirs against the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad and its directors 1904 1909. Plaintiffs accuse misused funds for street railways and seek representation for thousands of small stockholders and possible multiple jurisdictions.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Ralph S. Bartlett
Olea Bull Vaughn
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Charless. Mellen
Westchester Railroad
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Haven
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgan
Whipple Leads Minority Stockholders Suit Over New Haven Transfers
Sherman L Whipple and partners for about 50 New Haven road shares argued a minority stockholders suit over stock transfers. The case ponders standing to sue and jurisdiction amid defendants including non residents, with earlier rulings by Justice Braley and Judge Hammond noted. Whipple cited large losses from steamship lines and rail stock purchases as context.
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Sherman L. Whipple
New Haven Company
Justice Braley
Braley
J. Pierpont Morgan
Probate Court
New York
Moorfield Story
Railroad
New Haven
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Hammond
Whipple
Boston & Maine Railroad
Westchester
Cuyler Seeks Immunity in New Haven Case
T De Witt Cuyler, director of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad, appears in Federal District Court to claim immunity from the superseding indictment accusing 21 railroad directors of criminal conspiracy under the antitrust law. He argues testimony given in 1913 before a grand jury investigating New Haven Grand Trunk relations grants automatic protection.
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New York
T. de Witt Cuyler
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Federal District Court
Cuyler
Grand Jury
New Haven
Grand Trunk Railway
Charles S. Mellen
The
Chamberlin
Grand Trunk
Green star signals release for ships sailing abroad
The Collector of the Port issued new rules requiring vessels leaving Boston for a foreign port to flash a green star signal to the naval guard. The regulations, effective from 6 p.m. yesterday, follow Commander Christy of the Brooklyn cruiser’s plan to have foreign bound ships show they have cleared to sail.
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Edmund Billings
Boston
Christy
Brooklyn
Naval Guard
New Maritime Signal Rules Require Vessels to Display Identification
The new order requires merchant ships to hoist an identification signal when starting to cast off. Daytime signals TXB or MN from a naval guard vessel determine voyage or stop. At night a green star allows progress and a red star mandates a stop and potential boarding.
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U. S. Naval Guard
Naval Guard
Yarmouth Line
Boston
Central Wharf
Brooklyn
Yarmouth
Maynard
Post
Ettor to Organize Hod Carriers in Boston
J W Ettor will visit Boston to organize hod carriers and other laborers who seceded from the American Federation of Labor into a branch of his movement. A public mass meeting is planned at 141 Richmond Street in the morning, with about 800 workers said to have seceded.
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Joseph J. Ettor
Boston
American Federation of Labor
J. W. W. Ettor
Richmond Street
A. F. of L
Cardinal Dedicates St. Clement's House in Boston
Cardinal O Connell dedicated St Clement's House at 61 West Brookline Street Boston. He described the home as a self supporting religious house for elderly men and women with little money and no families. Local clergy and Mayor Curley attended as Sisters of St Joseph will run the facility.
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Cardinal O’connell
St. Clement’s House
West Brookline Street
William B. Finigan
Joseph F. Coppinger
P. R
St. Augustine’s Church
Dorchester Street
Boston
Curley
Mer. Splaine
St. Joseph’s Church
Roxbury
O’connell
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Brighton
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
St Clement’s House
Peo
Ple
House of the
Little Sisters of the Poor
St. Joseph’s Home
Cardinal O'Connell
Sisters of St. Joseph
Tipperary Man Pleads for Higher Wages at Arbitration Board
David Bailey, a Campella pitman born in Tipperary, argues wages are too low as he funds his parents in an “alien nation.” He states $16.52 weekly pay for seven days and cites shared struggle. Other Bay State workers recount hardship and compare treatment favorably to rival railroads.
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Tipperary
Bay State Railway Arbitration Board
David Bailey
Campella
Bailey
John O’nell
Fall River
Bay State
James A. Langley
Haverhill
Home of the Blizzard praised as Antarctic classic and artful study
A review lauds Sir Douglas Mawson’s The Home of the Blizzard for its vivid Antarctic journeys from Commonwealth Bay to Macquarie Island. It highlights strong prose, striking illustrations, and the two volume set’s blend of exploration narrative with scientific detail and human endurance.
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Sir Douglas Mawson
Lippincott
Antarctic
Australia
Europe
Sir Douglas
Ross Sea
Macquarie Island
Antarctica
Douglas
Commonwealth Bay
Douglas Mawson
The Seven Darlings by Gouverneur Morris review
Boston readers meet Gouverneur Morris in a light novel about six Darling sisters three of them triplets and a single brother. The siblings inherit a camp in the Adirondacks and attempt to turn it into a summer resort with family intrigues and a gentle romantic thread.
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Boston
Darling
Iole
Adirondacks
The Navy and Sea Power in The Home University Library
A review praises David Hannay's The Navy and Sea Power as timely in 1915. It summarizes the book’s concise history from Phoenician ships to modern fleets, notes its strong treatment of the English navy and galley critique, and discusses Rome versus Carthage and Britain’s naval dependence on colonies.
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England
Home University Library
Holt
David Hannay
Mediterranean
Hannay
Rome
Carthage
Hannibal
Britain
The Letters Which Never Reached Him
A reviewer praises The Letters Which Never Reached Him a collection of 54 letters from a woman to a scientist traveler in China. The prose blends yearning ecstasy sorrow and mystery showing an intimate but not confessional outpouring. The notes argue the letters reflect authentic experience and health of literary letter writing.
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Dutton
China
New York
Berlin
Dog Life Story Told By Bishop Talbot
Bishop Ethelbert Talbot offers a Boston bull a voice in his Tim from Harper’s, portraying canine moods and affections with plausible insight. The reviewer notes the human and dog families may not fully understand each other yet praises the pet’s lovable character as interpreted by his devoted owner.
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Ethelbert Talbot
Tim
Harpers
Boston
Bishop Talbot
Notable 19th Century Books and Prices Listed
A catalog of recent titles with authors and prices includes The Home of the Blizzard by Sir Douglas Mawson at $9.00 from Lippincott, The Seven Darlings by Gouverneur Morris at $1.35 from Scribner, The Navy and Sea Power by David Hannay at 50 cents from Holt, The Letters Which Never Reached Him by Baroness von Heyking at $1.35 from Dutton, and Tim The Autobiography of a Dog by Talbot at Harper & Bros. Prices reflect the era’s book trade.
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Ninnis
Frobisher
Kane
Nansen
J. K. Davis
Dr. Kane
Sir Douglas Mawson
Antarctica
New England
Philadelphia
D. B. Lippincott Co
Baroness von Heyking
New York
Wb. P. Dutton & Company
Gold Medal to Farquhars at Boston Flower Show
The Massachusetts Horticultural Society awarded R. and J. Farquhar of Boston the gold medal for an outstanding Dutch and Japanese flowering plants display in the Dutch garden at Hor ticular Hall. Silver and bronze medals went to multiple exhibitors, with awards for orchids, cracas, hardwooded plants, a Natick rose, and the Mrs Moorfield Storey rose.
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Massachusetts Horticultural Society
R. and
J. Farquhar
Boston
Horticultural Hall
William Simms
Cliftondale
T. D. Hatfield
Walter Hunnewell
Wellesley
Thomas Roland
A. W. Preston
Swampscott
Waban Rose Conservatory
Natick
Moorfield Storey
Luther Adams Breck
Darwin
Jury to hear dying declaration in Arlington case
The dying declaration of Irene A. Richardson will be read to the jury in the trial of Dr A W Turner. Judge Keating ruled the declaration inadmissible. Medical examiner Swan testified signs of an illegal operation and Richardson died from blood poisoning.
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Irene A. Richardson
Arlington
A. W. Turner
Massachusetts Avenue
Keating
Swan
Miss Richardson
Maine Pastor Accepts Somerville Call
The Rev J M Wathen resigned after six years as pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Biddeford Maine to accept the pastorate of the Highland Avenue Church in Somerville Massachusetts The change announced March 19 indicates a new church assignment for the clergyman.
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Biddeford
J. M. Wathen
Second Congregational Church
Highland Avenue Church
Somerville
Wass
Murder Case Defense Opens in Gingras Slaying Trial
In Lowell on March 19 the murder trial of Peter Sanuta and Andres Barris moved to the defense as Barris testified about the day of the killing. Edward F. Tierney, hired by Gingras for a divorce petition against his wife, testified Gingras claimed a man named Coumanderous lived with his wife and threatened harm if questioned. Barris described his movements the day Gingras was found dead as the court adjourned for the day.
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Lowell
Peter Sanuta
Andres Barris
Andrew Gingras
Barris
Edward F. Tierney
Gingras
Tierney
James Coumanderous
Coumanderous
Through California Exposition trip by Burlington Route ad
Travel deal offers a daylight through service to California with side trips through Colorado and Utah. Promotes Denver Colorado Springs Pike's Peak Royal Gorge Salt Lake City and return via Glacier or Yellowstone. Agent Alex Stocks offers free maps schedules and trip planning assistance from 264 Washington St Boston.
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California
Colorado
Utah
Burlington
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pike’s Peak
Pueblo
Royal Gorge
Salt Lake City
Glacier National Park
Yellowstone Park
Alex. Stocks
New England Pass
Washington St
Boston
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Cardinal
ST. Clement's
West Brook
Joseph C. Pelletier
Ireland
Gouverneur Morris
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Maurice Hewlett
Iceland
F. Hopkinson Smith
London Athenaeum
James Huneker
Huneker
Panama Canal
Railroad Men’s Commission
Theodore P. Shonts
Leon Pepperman
Joseph Pennell
E. P. Dutton & CO
Fifth Ave
54Th St
the Navy
Navy
Sea Power
Henry Holt & Co
Yer Talbot
Harper & Ros
Farquhars
Irene Richardson
Maine
J.P. Brittain
G. A
Washington St. Ling Main
Mass
Sunday Post
Andrew P
Carnegie
Marshall
Hague Tribunal
Kaiser
Henry W. Francis
Billy Sunday
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