Two Men Fined for Cruelty to Horses in Chelsea and Dorchester
Benjamin Cottier a Chelsea junk dealer was found guilty and fined 20 dollars for permitting unnecessary suffering of a horse. His son Morris was found guilty of driving a horse unfit for it and the case was placed on file. Richard Tobin of Dorchester a driver for a contractor was fined 50 dollars for cruelly beating a horse.
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Benjamin Cottier
Chelsea
Morris
Stearns
Richard Tobin
Dorchester
Bottle Cause of Bomb Scare at City Hall
Police traced a bomb scare to City Hall after a caller claimed a bomb was found in the basement. Patrolman Dobratz admitted possession of the bottle with a brass cap. Elevator man Hughie McLaughlin found the bottle and handed it to officers.
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City Hall
Station 2
Sullivan
Dobratz
Hughie McLaughlin
New Hampshire Governor Keyes Seeks Federal Training Plan
Concord March 22 Governor Henry W Keyes wired President Wilson announcing New Hampshire has appropriated a half million dollars for national defence and urges universal military and naval training under federal direction. The Legislature by unanimous vote favors the plan and will memorialize Congress. Signed Henry W Keyes Governor of New Hampshire.
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Concord
Wilson
Washington, D. C
New Hampshire
Congress
Henry W. Keyes
New England Play Given at Harvard
Rusted Stock, a four act play by Doris Halman of Brookline, premiered last evening at Agassiz House Cambridge. Produced by the 47 workshop company under Professor George P. Baker, the work examines the enervating influence of small town life on its sons.
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New England
Harvard
Agassiz House
Cambridge
47 Workshop
George P. Baker
Doris Halman
Brookline
Baker
Radcliffe
Towels and street sweepers raise health concerns in 1917 hearing
At a budget hearing Councillor Hagan labeled downtown street sweepers disease spreaders while Chairman Dillon defended towels washed at Dover street as unsafe for facial use. The Finance Commission urged towel washing to cut laundry costs. Dillon refused until all towels are Dover-washed. Dust concerns from sweeping prompted calls for a quieter dustless method, and a music budget cut of 2600 was approved with mayoral approval. further salary increase reductions of 9715 for six park and recreation staff were advised.
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Hagan
Dillon
Park and Recreation Commission
Dover Street
Dillion
Finance Commission
Council Committee On Appropriations
Washington Street
Edward F. Murphy
Public Works
Council
Curley
Park and Recreation Department
Naval Reserve Ushers for Junior Charity
The Junior Charity Club at Copley Plaza will host a naval reserve usher crew for a charity event. The new Fourth Naval Reserve unit formed at Tufts College will provide ushers led by Mrs. Edgar M. Young. Named ushers include Raymond M. Young, Roger Hunnewell, Russell Whitmore, Ralph Cutting, Leon Ball, Julian Cross, and John Roman.
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Copley Plaza
Fourth Naval Reserve
Tufts College
Edgar M. Young
Naval Reserve
Raymond M. Young
Roger Hunnewell
Russell Whitmore
Ralph Cutting
Leon Ball
Julian Cross
John Roman
Woman Dies After 45 Foot Window Plunge
Miss Jennie Marzinsky, 43, died at City Hospital after a fall from her window at 4 Oxford Terrace yesterday morning. Described as despondent and ill, it is unclear if the plunge was intentional or accidental. Discovery was made by Karl H. Brown, a milkman.
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Jennie Marzinsky
City Hospital
Oxford Terrace
Karl H. Brown
Bomb money from embassy trial opens in New York
Trial begins in New York for six men charged with plotting to terrorize transatlantic shipping. An alleged admission linked money for a Hoboken bomb factory to officials at the German embassy in Washington. The defendants faced counts of conspiring to destroy ships carrying cargoes for the Entente allies.
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New York
Hoboken
N. J
Washington
Bomb makers named in ship blast case
The defendants are Captain Charles von Kleist a chemist accused of aiding in bomb making Karl Schmidt former chief engineer of the steamship Friedrich der Grosse Ernst Becker electrician and Frederick Karbade George Praedel and Wilhelm Parades assistant engineers on the same vessel.
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Charles von Kleist
Karl Schmidt
Ernst Becker
Frederick Karbade
George Praedel
Wilhelm Parades
Public Safety Committee Formed in Vermont
Governor Graham named a 50 member public safety committee in Montpelier to mobilize state human and industrial resources, coordinate preparedness groups, and aid recruitment for the army navy and National Guard. He plans to seek an emergency defense appropriation from the Legislature.
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Montpelier
Graham
Army
Navy
National Guard
Springfield Camp Site Picked By Military Inspectors
In Springfield on March 22 officers from General Leonard Wood's headquarters and senior officials from the Boston and Albany and New Haven railroads inspected the area seeking a suitable military training camp site. The party included New York Central Vice-President H M Biscoe and a General Superintendent.
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Springfield
Leonard Wood
Boston & Albany
New Haven
H. M. Biscoe
New York Central
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