Superintendent Ward Admits Interfering With Witnesses
Hearings before the Bay State Railway Arbitration Board at Tremont Temple were heated as the carmen union charged Superintendent A N Ward of the power station department with witness interference. Ward admitted his actions were personal, despite prior warnings from superiors to stay silent. Cr N Gill of the Quincy fire station testified Ward said he had not told the truth and warned against seeing him in bad. Gill also said Ward urged him to withdraw from the union as a personal favor.
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Bay State Railway Arbitration Board
Tremont Temple
Carmen’s Union
A. N. Ward
Cr. N. Gill
Quincy
Chamber committee backs federal transfer of Gallups Island quarantine
A special Chamber of Commerce committee chaired by Robert Luce favors transferring Boston’s Gallups Island quarantine station from city to federal ownership. The panel’s report, approved unanimously by the chamber’s executive committee and board, was sent to the City Council for action.
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Boston
Gallup’s Island
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Luce
Chamber
City Council to act on Mayor's quarantine transfer plan
The ordinance, drafted by the Mayor, awaits final council action after a favorable Chamber of Commerce report. If approved, the transfer could see a $100,000 to $200,000 sale price to the federal government and immediate hospital assurances, with strict equal enforcement at New York and Boston ports.
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Chamber of Commerce
Board of Health
Port Directors
Chamber
Rupert Blue
Congress
Boston
New York
Harvard Pi Eta group debuts with Robin the Robber
Pi Eta actors from Harvard presented Robin, the Robber in Jordan Hall. The Harvard club performed all roles, and the pony ballet featured half a dozen undergraduates who executed the ballet numbers with flair.
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Pi Eta
Harvard
Metropolitan
Jordan Hall
Harvard Club
Robin
Pony Ballet
Hotel de Jobless Bars Davis Ostracised by Boston Guests
Jeff Davis, famed king of hoboes, has been ostracised by Boston unemployed society. The Boston Hotel de Jobless on Essex street near Harrison avenue closed its doors to him amid threats of a warm reception if he returns.
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Jeff Davis
New York
Boston
Boston Hotel de Jobless
Essex Street
Harrison Avenue
Davis
Hotel de
Unemployed Crowd Confronts Governor Over Plan at State House
Jeff Davis fresh from New York visits Hotel de Jobless, denounced by 1200 unemployed guests who sip soup and call for action. Caleb F. Howard accuses Davis of jealousy or backing interests, while Mrs. Gilbert Clapp and Governor Walsh discuss a tentatively planned unemployed camp near the city to till soil, develop land, and share profits from eventual sale.
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State House
Davis
Hotel de Jobless
Jeff Davis
New York
Hotel de
Caleb F. Howard
All Hands
Gilbert Clapp
Brookline
Governor Walsh
Davis Attacks Boston Hoboes Hotel De Jobless
Jeff Davis founder of the New York Hotel de Gink declares Boston Hotel de Jobless an I W W joint and apart from Gotham hoboes. Leo Lippa heads the Boston hotel, Ettor a leader of I W W spoke Sunday night. Davis seeks mayoral endorsement to lease idle lands for hoboes farms with machinery. mayor postpones.
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Jeff? Davis
New York
Curley
Boston
Hotel de Jobless
Gotham
Leo Lippa
Ettor
Davis
Boston Place
Cabot Will Contest Chief Witness Described At Trial
Henry B. Cabot nephew of Louis Cabot testified as chief witness in a will contest brought by his daughters. The session began at 3 15 and ended at 4 due to counsel Charles F. Choate's attendance at the Supreme Court. Cabot described his business as the care of properties.
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Henry B. Cabot
Louis Cabot
Charles F. Choate
Supreme Court
Cabot
Witness details Cabot security management and estate dealings
The witness describes handling Cabot securities totaling over 1 million dollars after receiving 400000 in 1909. He acted as clipper and reinvestor, stored assets in a safety vault, and later turned them over to the estate. He cites sale of Cabot land for 140000 and notes doubtful holdings like New England Exploration and Wapita Mining shares.
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Cabot
Mr. Cabot
New England Exploration Company
Quincey Shaw
Thomas Livermore
Wapita Mining Company
Women Vote Sets Record in Danvers Election
In Danvers 619 of 724 eligible women cast ballots the largest turnout yet. Women helped push the town to a no license result by 875 to 540, shaping the three year school committee race as the day’s featured contest.
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Danvers
Veteran furniture dealer wins marriage license for 75 year old Ferdinand
Frank Ferdinand ages 75, a veteran furniture dealer, obtained a marriage license with Annie L. Andersson of Allston aged 26, the former wife of Alfred Andersson of Dorchester. Chief Justice Bolster granted a special dispensation to bypass the five day waiting period. The couple may have wed last night though both were reported to be out of town.
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Frank Ferdinand
Annie L. Andersson
Allston
Alfred Andersson
Dorchester
Ferdinand
Andersson
Bolster
Mrs Andersson tied to liquor magnate and furniture dealer in Boston
Mrs. Andersson daughter of inventor George B Sinclair heads a company making the chorabele instrument. She married Alfred Andersson in 1906 and separated in 1913 with a divorce decree in 1914. She friends with Frank Ferdinand a Roxbury furniture dealer with a large Blue Store business and long local roots.
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George B. Sinclair
Andrew Anderson
Clarendon
Sinclair
Alfred Andersson
A Deere
Commonwealth Avenue
Allston
Frank Ferdinand
Ferdinand
Boston
Roxbury
Ferdinand Blue
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
South Boston Yacht Club
Canton
Blue Hills
Mt. Vernon
N. H
Fitzgerald Urges Trade Expansion After War
Former Mayor John F. Fitzgerald told the Cambridge Council at K of C Hall that New England relies too much on home markets and must secure foreign trade after the war. He urged financiers to pursue world markets and noted opportunities for young Americans in South American business.
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New England
John F. Fitzgerald
Cambridge Council
K. of C
K. of C. Hall
Central Square
Cambridge
Fitzgerald
Tragic double killing by New York banker husband
Howard Boocock treasurer of the Astor Trust Company shot his wife as she played the piano at their East Seventy fourth street home then killed himself with the same revolver. Police found no note and servants say the couple appeared affectionate. two children aged 8 and 11 were in another room.
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New York
Howard Boocock
Astor Trust Company
East Seventy-fourth Street
Sentry fires at American in Bermuda harbor incident
George B. Montgomery of Buffalo was shot by a British sentry in Bermuda harbor last Saturday. His leg was amputated after the injury, and he traveled with his wife and a black pilot in a boat near prohibited waters around a German prison island. Montgomery, a Bermuda resident for two months, is described as a wealthy businessman.
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Buffalo
N. Y
George B. Montgomery
Hamilton
Bermuda
Montgomery
Boys March From Burning Sacred Heart School
Portland March 22 307 boys ages 5 to 11 marched from Sacred Heart Parochial School on Cumberland Avenue as fire spread through walls and under floors. Interior burned out with damage estimated at 5000 dollars.
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Portland
Sacred Heart Parochial School
Cumberland Avenue
Two Arrests In Heyman's Murder In Highland Falls
Detectives probing the Omar Hotaling telegraph operator killing at the West Shore Railroad station last week said two arrests were made today. Names of the prisoners were not disclosed.
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Highland Falls
N. Y
Omar Hotaling
West Shore
Alarm for kidney trouble urges quick action and simple care
A warning urges immediate attention to kidney inflammation and related symptoms like backache dizziness and urine disorders. It recommends drinking plenty of pure water and using Deans Kidney Pills to address the cause, claiming broad use and endorsement. Mrs John Spindler of East Boston shares her experience of severe kidney complaints and relief from the pills.
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Dean
John Spindler
Wadsworth St
East
Boston
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