Finance Commission Criticizes Suffolk Clerk Campbell
The Finance Commission reports sharp criticism of Francis A. Campbell, clerk of Suffolk Superior Civil Court, alleging improper employee levels, lack of copyists and recorders, and expense to citizens driven by administration choices. It cites appointments driven by personal and political motives and regulatory noncompliance.
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Francis A. Campbell
Suffolk County
Finance Commission
Campbell
Budget Reform Snares Clerk Campbell in City Hall Probe
The Finance Commission censures Clerk Campbell for buying supplies at high prices without competitive bids and urges segregation of his budget items. Mayor Curley seeks legal steps to compel itemized budgeting, civil service reforms, and tighter controls on the Campbell office including timekeeping, recording standards, and centralized purchasing with lowest-bid preference for municipal printing.
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Campbell
Curley
Municipal Law Department
Finance Commission
Civil Service Commission
City of
Boston
Municipal Printing Department
Roxbury Lecture Traces City History From 1630s to Lafayette
Augustus Bacon of the W and A Bacon Company spoke at Roxbury High School Center on Greenville Street. He outlined Roxbury history from 1630s settler William Pynchon through Lafayette’s balcony appearance, illustrated with old woodcuts and images of today’s notable structures. Music by Miss Sven Brink, Miss Gladys Hasey, Miss Isabelle Stevens, and Mrs. Gertrude Slade Cameron followed.
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Augustus Bacon
W. and .A. Bacon Company
Roxbury
High School of Practical Arts
Greenville Street
Bacon
William Pynchon
Reas
Marquis de Lafayette
Shirley House
Pynchon
Lafayette
Mr. Bacon
Sven T. Brink
Gladys M. Hasey
Isabelle J. B. Stevens
Gertrude Slade Cameron
Taft urges sink submarines on sight in Atlanta
Former President Taft tells a large Atlanta crowd that armed American merchantmen should not await warnings from submarines but should sink them immediately. He says the nation is already effectively at war with Germany and warns that not shooting is like waiting for a coroner's inquest when a pistol is pointed.
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Atlanta
Taft
Jurors Raise 20 for Court Janitor Widow
Jurors of the first Superior Court session gave Judge Chase a $20 check to aid the widow of Louis A. Zielinger, killed in last Friday's bomb blast. Alexander W. Sharpe of 15 Bowman Street organized the collection and spoke briefly when handing the money to the judge.
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Superior Court
Judge Chase
Louis A. Zielinger
Alexander W. Sharpe
Bowman Street
Transfer of Priests Made Amid Diocesan Vacancies
Cardinal O Connell announces transfers and appointments in the diocese to fill vacancies caused by recent deaths. John H Lyons moves from Holliston to Abington as pastor of St Bridget s, John P Gorham moves to Woburn s St Charles, Maurice J O Connor to administer St Bridget s Framingham, Andrew J Fitzgerald to administer St Mary s Holliston, William T Deasy to administer St Pius East Lynn, Michael F Maguire to St Mary s Randolph, William F Cahill to Blessed Sacrament Walpole, with the administrator of St Bridget s Framingham noted for temperance work.
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Cardinal O'Connell
John H. Lyons
St. Mary’s Church
Holliston
St. Bridget’s Church
Abington
Patrick A. Billings
Andrew J. Fitzgerald
St. Theresa's Church
West Roxbury
St. Mary's Church
William T. Deasy
Randolph
St. Pius
East Lynn
Michael F. Maguire
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Walpole
William F. Cahill
Archbishop Williams Farm
Framingham
Agreement on Adamson Law advances wage schedules
New York March 23 Railroad managers and four trainmen's brotherhoods reached a tentative basis for applying the Adamson law. Elisha Lee said the agreement covers most wage schedules to speed payment of increases since January 1. Minor points remain for April talks. disputes go to a joint eight member board.
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New York
Elisha Lee
National Conference Committee of
Lee
National Conference Committee of the Railways
Brotherhoods
Somerville Safety Board Names Executive Committee
Mayor Cliff of Somerville announced the executive committee for the public safety board. The panel includes Charles V. Blanchard, Daniel H. Bradley, Walter B. Glidden, Charles H. Hood, James A. Kiley, John J. McCarty and A. Eugene Sargent.
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Somerville
Cliff
Public Safety Committee
Charles V. Blanchard
Daniel H. Bradley
Walter 8. Glidden
Charles H. Hood
James A. Kiley
John J. McCarty
A. Eugene Sargent
15 000 Club Women Seek Men’s Job Openings
New York March 23. More than 15 000 members of the Long Island Council of Women's Clubs petitioned the Merchants' Association to provide opportunities for women to learn and take the places of men workers if called to military colors.
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New York
Long Island Council of Women’s Clubs
Merchants’ Association
Boston bankers split on gift of billion to France
Boston financial men majority oppose gifting one billion dollars to France while supporting unlimited credit to the French government and aiding Allied war efforts. figures warn of obligations and market risks, with opinions from bankers like Gaston, Dexter, Phelan, Higginson, Nichols, Curley, and others.
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Boston
France
United States
New York World
Germany
Prussia
Wall Street
Post
William A. Gaston
National Shawmut Bank
Philip Dexter
State Street
James J.phelan
Hornblower & Weeks
Henry Lee Higginson
Banking House of Lee, Higginson & Co
Malcolm Nichols
Back Bay
Curley
Max Otto von Klock
Melrose
George Washington
England
America
Will Try Olmstead in Shooting Case
Irving E. Olmstead of Newton, who shot and killed Mrs. Violet Mooers on March 13, 1916, will stand trial. He was returned to the Charles street jail after a period in an insane hospital for observation and has been declared sane.
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Irving E. Olmstead
Newton
Violet Mooers
Charles Street
Old Timers Night Brings Newsies From All Walks of Life
Bankers, attorneys, physicians, businessmen and former newsboys gathered at the Boston Newsboys Club on Tremont Street for Old Timers Night. Graduates who rose into professions shared stories of selling papers and urged today’s newsies to aim high, citing there is no height unattainable for an ambitious boy.
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Boston Newsboys’ Club
Tremont Street
Newsies
Newsboys Club Honors Storrow and Mentors
Joseph H. ONeil, president of Federal Trust and former Congressman, tells newsboys Old Timers Night and his birthday. Louis Shulman reads Storrow letter and calls for cheers for a friend of newsboys. Major O Keefe recalls his days as a newsboy and urges opportunity. Amster hails newsboys as honest eager and progressive. Speakers include Downey Maloney Bacharach Bacharach Penn De Silva Fitzgerald Dunn Kenney Higgins Walsh Murphy Hamberg Coles Gilman Applebaum Rubin Finn and other club members.
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Joseph H. O'Neil
Federal Trust Company
James J. Storrow
Louis Shulman
Newsboys
Patrick F. O'Keefe
Nathan L. Amster
Newsboys Club
Thomas H. Downey
The
Globe
Daniel J. Maloney
Post
Sol Bacharach
Boston
Hershel Bacharach
Gridley
Henry Penn
Florist
Frank de Silva
Pi Alley Club
William T. A. Fitzgerald
Register of Deeds
John H. Dunn
Curley
W. F. Kenney
Boston Globe
John J. Higgins
Middlesex County
John J. Walsh
George S. Murphy
Abraham Hamberg
Jacob Coles
Henry Gilman
Jacob Applebaum
Morris Rubin
Harry Finn
Newsboys’ Club
No Raises at Island Deer Island budget cuts urged
The Finance Commission urged a total $42,000 cut from the $253,902 Deer Island annual expense estimate and a $4,065 reduction in the $35,441 allowance for the prison steamer Monitor. They sought fewer officer ratios and urged disposal of an automobile linked to Councillor Watson’s family.
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Deer Island
Finance Commission
Monitor
Meet to Celebrate Russian Revolution in Boston
A mass meeting at Faneuil Hall tonight aims to honor the Russian revolution. Expected speakers include Congressman Meyer London, Dr. Max Goldfarb, H. Weinberg, F. T. Wentworth, James Oneal, and A. Woldofsky. The Russian Lettish Musical Band will perform songs and a cablegram to the Duma will be adopted.
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Greater
Boston
Congressman Meyer
London
New York
Max Goldfarb
H. Weinberg
Philadelphia
F. T. Wentworth
Salem
James Oneal
A. Woldofsky
Novemb
Lettish
Duma
Woman spent six years posing as a domestic worker
Was Rose Thibault, a longtime domestic in Fall River, but police say the suspect is Arthur Lagasse, a 22 year old man who admitted posing as a woman for six years and working in several homes. He was arrested on larceny charges.
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Fall River
Neal Institute Treatment Endorsed by Doctors
Physicians in Boston and 60 cities endorse the Neal Institute treatment for alcoholism. Patients spend three days in homelike settings, with alcohol cravings eradicated and health restored. No consultation charge. all dealings confidential. Physicians welcome visits to their patients during treatment. Neal Institute 304 Newbury St Boston Day or Night Back Bay 3970.
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Neal
Heneal Institute
Newbury ST
Back Bay
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