Real Estate Exchange opposes new building laws
The Boston Real Estate Exchange yesterday voted to oppose proposed building legislation. The group claims politicians push a policy that would turn government into an employment and sales office for business at taxpayers’ expense. They plan to mobilize support from other exchanges and chambers of commerce statewide. In Fenway, a car crash on Riverway and Brookline Ave injured Mrs. Bessie Schneiderman and Miss Ida Weinbaum. both were taken to Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.
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Exchange Yaterday
Exchange
Polictans
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Ate
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Riverway
Brookline
Fenway
Chestnut “Hill
Bessie Schneiderman
Harvard Street
Dorchester
Ida Weinbaum
Floyd Street
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Schneiderman
Mise “Weinbaum
Morris Weinbaum
Joseph
Harvard Reserve Officers Training Unit Appoints Cadet Officers
The Harvard reserve officers training unit announced the temporary appointment of cadet and non-commissioned officers to lead the full 14 companies. Captain Constant Cordier is named commandant, with George E. Abbot, Harvard baseball captain, chosen as first lieutenant of Company L.
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Harvard Reserve
Constant Cordier
George E. Abbot
Harvard
Leutenant
Boston Bill Shifts Asphalt Shingle Authority to UL Inc
Report to the House yesterday from the Metropolitan affairs committee favors a bill transferring the power to approve asphalt shingles for Boston buildings from the Building Commissioner to Underwriters Laboratories Inc. The measure echoes advocacy by the United Improvement Association of Boston and stems from a long running dispute between Building Commissioner O’Hearn and manufacturers and builders.
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House of Representatives
Legislative Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Boston
Building Commissioner of Boston
Underwriters Laboratories,Inc
United Improvement Association of Boston
O'Hearn
Guards Doubling at Plymouth Cordage Plant After Bomb Discovery
Plymouth authorities doubled guards around the Plymouth Cordage Company plant after a dynamite nitroglycerine bomb large enough to demolish a big building was found late last night on the property.
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Plymouth
Plymouth Cordage Company
Bomb Threat At Cordage Plant Stirs Police Probe
Police experts say the two day window for the blast is short and no clue has been found. Two boys spotted a bomb at the chapel near the company plant and alerted Patrolman Joseph Schilling. State explosive expert Walter S weary examined the 73-4 inch iron pipe device packed with nitroglycerine and dynamite and a fulminating cap. The fuse burned in the center when Schilling set it alight and was extinguished just before the percussion cap threshold.
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Joseph W. Schilling
Walter S. Weary
Schilling
Engine Barely Misses Crash In Roxbury Response
William H. O'Dea of Ladder 26 in Longwood and Brookline avenues avoided disaster when responding to a false alarm on Fisher avenue Roxbury last night. A semi convertible car swerved onto Huntington avenue crossing the truck’s path. O'Dea guided the vehicle to miss a trolley pole and steer past the collision, allowing the truck to clear the tracks and continue to the fire after about 150 feet down the avenue.
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William H. O'Dea
Longwood
Brookline Avenues
Fisher Avenue
Bucknam ‘Street
Roxbury
Huntington Avenues
Huntington Avenue
O'Dea
State Veterinary Hospital Near Done
Roofing operations began on the new State veterinary hospital behind the Commonwealth Armory at Brighton. Colonel J. H. Sherburne said it should be ready for occupation in about a month and will house two dozen sick animals at once with the latest hospital design.
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State Veterinary Hospital
Commonwealth Armory
Brighton
J. H. Sherburne
Fruit-a-tives advertised cure for indigestion
A 1915 advertisement claims a woman recovered from indigestion and constipation after taking Fruit-a-tives, crediting the product with saving her life and urging others with similar ailments to try it despite the dubious testimonial.
Dr. Eliot Gives Up Bicycle Ride at 83
Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard, aged 83 yesterday, has given up cycling due to increased traffic making bicycle riding unpleasant and potentially dangerous. The decision was not due to age weakness but traffic conditions.
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Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Eliot
Dr Eliot Celebrates 88th Birthday With Family Visit
President-elect Wilson promotes bicycles, while Harvard's Dr. Eliot remains a central bicycle patron. On Fresh Pond Driveway he marks his 88th birthday quietly, the home filled with flowers and greetings. He is proud to be a grandfather and great grandfather, with 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Wilson
Eliot
Harvard
United States
University
Cambridge
Fresh Pond
New England
Flower Show Opens Today in Horticultural Hall
The Flower Show opens this afternoon at 2 o'clock in Horticultural Hall. Exhibits include an immense array of blooms and tropical plants with the old Flanders garden highlighted. Superintendent James Wheeler puts the value of displayed flowers near $50,000 as crowds are expected to be the largest yet. The show runs daily 10 am to 10 pm except Sunday hours 1 pm to 10 pm.
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Horticultural Hall
Flanders Garden
James Wheeler
License review in New Bedford case before Judge Hardy
Judge Hardy of the Superior Court took under advisement the petition of William T. Caewell challenging Beconging Board action removing him from office by Mayor Ashley. The hearing, conducted before the Mayor, featured four arguments from counsel after all evidence was presented.
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N. Bedford
Hardy
Superior Court
William T. Caewell
City of New
Ashley
Bay State Lodge Refuses Support If War Comes
Members of the Bay State Lodge of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America, affiliated with the AFL, declared at a special meeting that they will not back the country in case of war and denounced labor leaders who pledged support to President Wilson in Washington on March 12.
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the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
A. F. of L
Washington
Wilson
America
United States
Lodge
Gompers
Meeting at 694 Washington Street Reveals Pro-German Sentiment
The well attended meeting, with many absentees, heard resolutions denouncing Samuel Gompers for acting as a labor representative at a Defense Council event and accusing him of siding with capitalists. The group protested against pledges to stand with the U S war effort, denounced industrial army plans, and vowed to uphold liberty and labor gains regardless of war or peace.
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Washington Street
Samuel Gompers
Council For National Defence
Gompers
Secretary of the Navy
Steeplejack George Ray Killed Painting Mill Stack
George R. Ray, famed steeple jack and dean of his craft, died after a fall from the top of a smokestack at the Cordingly woolen mill in Newton Lower Falls. The 70 year old, a resident of 8 Avon Street, Charlestown, plunged about 95 feet to the ground yesterday afternoon.
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Cordingly
Newton Lower Falls
Ray
Avon Street
Charlestown
Providence Boy On City of Memphis Sinking
Chester A. Phillips, 24, electrician aboard the American steamship City of Memphis sunk by a German submarine, is son of Mrs Harriet E Phillips of 49 Brownell Street Providence. He served as third engineer when he joined the crew.
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Chester A. Phillips
Memphis
Providence
City of Memphis
Harriet E. Phillips
Brownell Street
Governor and Wilson to Confer on Massachusetts War Role
Governor McCall will travel to Washington to confer with President Wilson and federal officials about Massachusetts participation in national defense in case of war. He seeks to learn what federal aid is available and what the state can provide. He notes no immediate move on military census or Canal Zone orders and supports shorter militia enlistments of two to three years. He plans to relay his views during the visit.
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McCall
Washington
Wilson
Massachusetts
War Department
Canal Zone
House Rejects Submarine Construction Bill
The Massachusetts House registered opposition to a state built submarine transfer to the national government for defense. It refused to admit Rep Sullivan of Dorchester’s submarine plan for consideration. A separate resolution urged the Legislature to oppose entangling alliances with European nations.
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Dorchester
Massachusetts
Lawyer of Ware
Hennigan Charged With Matricide in Roxbury Case
Michael Hennigan of 5 Plant Avenue Roxbury appeared in Roxbury District Court before Judge Hayden charged with murder in the matricide of his mother. He waived examination and was held for the grand jury as government witnesses testified.
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Michael Hennigan
Plant Avenue
Roxbury
Roxbury Crossing
Roxbury District Court
Hayden
Pet Names Didn't Keep Wife Home Divorce Trial
Edward J. P. Jones sought a divorce from his wife after she deserted him. He testified that he was lonesome as she constantly stayed away from home and refused to explain her whereabouts. Judge Raymond presided over the case in the Divorce Court.
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Edward J. P. Jones
Honey
Raymond
Desertion Decree Follows Husbands Tale of Loss and Jealousy
Jones testified after returning home late to a dark house and beans at a lunchroom. He recounted his wife leaving meals late, then walking arm in arm with another man, wearing a $75 fur coat he had bought. Judge Raymond granted a decree nisi for desertion.
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Raymond
Waltham Farm Hand Gored by Prize Bull
John McGarvey a Cedar Hill Farm worker in Waltham was seriously injured yesterday afternoon when the farm's prize bull charged the bull pen. He was brought to Waltham Hospital with a severe abdominal gash and is listed in serious condition.
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John McGarvey
Cedar Hill
Waltham
Waltham Hospital
Fisheries committee extends wage raise for Gloucester fish market
Gloucester March 20 The fisheries committee of the Board of Trade voted to continue the 10 percent wage increase for about 3000 cutters skinners and handlers whose raise was to end April 1. The extension runs through July 1 and follows a grant issued three months ago.
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Fisheries Committee
Board of Trade Today
FTC to supervise sale of news-print paper through board
Washington March 20 The Federal Trade Commission plans to supervise the sale and distribution of news print paper through a five member board representing manufacturers large publishers small publishers and the trade commission. The board will be named as soon as a price fixing pool proposed by the manufacturers is finalized.
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Federal Trade Commission
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Trade Commission to run pdol from New York offices
Trade Commission representatives will operate the pdol from New York offices with other board members serving in advisory ministerial roles. Manufacturers accused of intimidating publishers are said to face the commission with claims that subordinates were responsible and that the companies did not sanction such actions. Returning from New York, trade officials urged strict newsprint economy as war pressures may push demand beyond production, a balance that has been tightly held for a year.
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Trade Commission
New York
Aining
The
Dorchester Branch of Red Cross Formed
A large audience gathered at the Municipal building Upham's Corner as Dorchester organized the Dorchester branch of the Metropolitan Chapter of the American Red Cross. Mrs. William B. Rand presided and introduced Mrs. C. C. Bly who outlined Red Cross activities and branch formation. Officers elected were Chairman Mrs. William B. Rand, vice chairman Mrs. Royal Whiton, secretary Mrs. Fred P. Kinney, and treasurer Mrs. Samuel Crowell. Committees will be formed and soon active.
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Dorchester
American ‘Red Cross
William
B. Rand
C. C. Bly
Red Cross
Upham
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