Boston reform talk cites waste and graft in city government
Robert Luce told a Congregational Club audience in Ford Hall that Boston workers lose about one week of pay yearly due to misgovernment. He argued city waste totals 3 to 5 million dollars and blamed wage earners who pay higher prices through landlord and business taxes. He urged mass education and a new charter to drive reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Luce
Congregational Club
Ford Hall
Boston
Finance Commission
Old Orchard Tax Gift Veto Shocks Augusta
Governor Fernald vetoes the Old Orchard tax gift resolve as House delays action by tabling the veto message until Tuesday. The measure sought a state tax receipt for Old Orchard on a $100,000 valuation linked to the August 1907 fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Fernald
Old Orchard
Sleeper
South Berwick
No Children of Mine Says Cannon of House
Washington March 9 A New England excursion of 1500 teachers and pupils crowded the Capitol during school vacation. They toured galleries halls and the dome as they questioned the Speaker about the unruly boys in the House. The Speaker replied You can go in and look at them but thank God they are no children of mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol
New England
Congress
Bill to buy Cobb statue America for Capitol or Library
Representative McCall of Massachusetts introduces a bill to purchase Cyrus Cobb’s statue America for display in the Capitol or Congressional Library in Washington. The bill does not specify any appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McCall
Massachusetts
America
Cyrus Cobb
Capitol
Congressional Library
Rioters clash near the Opera House as police quell melee
Puderbaugh pushing a shovel near the Opera House was attacked by three men. Special officers, Tufts students, and police from Stations 10 and 16 fought the mob across Huntington avenue to Bryant street. Four men were arrested for assault and resisting arrest as the riot ended with hospital injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puderbaugh
Harrison Avenue
Huntington Avenue
Opera House
George W. Harvey
Medical School
Brick
McKinnon
Flantington Avenue
Jamaica Plain
Bryant Street
Station 10
Joseph Galvin
Elmwood Street
Pris
Oner
William T. MacDonald
McDonald
MacKinnon
Galvin
Back Bay
Columbus Avenue
John J. Crowley
St. Alphonsus Street
Charles Puderbeaugh
New Opera House
Roxbury Court
Tufts College
City Printing Plant chosen for timely Finance Commission report
R J Bottomly notes bid under union terms matched city plant figures but could not meet due date. Committee of One Hundred launches 110000 copies of the Finance Commission report on the proposed new city charter, urging reading of sections Political Plunder Plan Where the Plunder Went and The Remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Bottomly
Committee of One Hundred
Finance Commission
Woods
Brighton
Fitzgerald
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Boston
Retreat Draws Great Throng At Catholic Association Observance
Catholic students and men fill Church of the Immaculate Conception for the Young Men's Catholic Association retreat. Rev Michael A O Kane S J preached on The Way to Lose It in the upper church. Rev Francis Powers S J spoke in the basement. Boston College High students begin retreat today with 9 30 am mass.
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Young Men's Catholic Association
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Michael A. O'Kane
S. J
Francis Powers
Boston College High
John O'Rourke
New York
Boston
Knights of Columbus
The
College High School
Michael Earle
J. Francis Driscoll
O’kane
Powers
Question on Montague’s right to chair Republican committee
At a meeting of the executive committee in Montague city, the legality of David T. Montague presiding was questioned by William W. Hibbard. Montague offered to withdraw if the majority wished. Secretary Hormel noted the first vice president acts in the absence of a chair. Edward Graves has withdrawn due to a court injunction, with formal service not yet achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David T. Montague
Republican City Committee
William W. Hibbard
Ward 24 Committee
Hibbard
Montague
Hormel
Edward Graves
Superior Court
Graves
Raving Writer Escapes to Wife's Apt in New York
Owen Kildare the writer, confined in Manhattan Asylum, created a disturbance at his wife’s apartment 2 West 101st Street. He resisted return to the asylum, alarming Mrs. Kildare and her 2 year old daughter. A policeman aided the attendant to regain control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Owen Kildare
Manhattan Asylum
West One Hundred and First Street
Not Hampered by Broken Arm at 103 in Essex
Mrs. Sally Burnham nearly 103 years old recovers quickly after breaking an arm in a fall from a couch. She declares bones seem as strong as in girlhood and continues to handle her household duties despite the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Sally Burnham
Non Catholics hear sermon on Papal primacy at Holy Cross
Rev Dr E G Fitzgerald O P preached at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross mission for non Catholics. He argued Peter founded the church with the Pope as successor possessing universal spiritual authority and urged unity in one church. Benediction followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Fitzgerald
O. P
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Father Fitzgerald
Peter
Rome
St. Peter
Morse's Honest Values on Spring Suits and Shirtings
At Morse's Store a Robinson Crusoe themed sales pitch promotes Morse-Made Suits in olive and gray worsteds for 25.00, with other Morse-Made clothing from 10.00 to 35.00 on sale. The showroom advertises a Spring exhibition of new shirtwear at 1.50 with many values and novelties in shirtings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson Crusoe
Landmark Prey To Fire In West Roxbury Block
A two and a half story landmark at the corner of German and Washington streets in West Roxbury was partly destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. Loss estimated at 1500 dollars. The building housed a barber shop owned by J. H. Hoyt and served as headquarters for the Germantown Improvement Association and the St. Paul Court Wt Coo ah. The blaze was caused by an exploding gasoline lamp, with J. S. Hoyt slightly burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saunders
Roxbury
German and
Washington Streets
J. H. Hoyt
Killed by a Pinkerton Man in Fifth Avenue Elevator
Frederick Johnson aged 82, an elevator man, was shot and killed by Pinkerton detective Joseph Parise during a struggle in a running elevator at a Fifth Avenue apartment house. Parise, who had a finger shot off, says he pursued a thief after catching Johnson entering an apartment on the eleventh floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frederick Johnson
Fifth Avenue
Joseph Parise
Pinkerton
Johnson
Parise
Flower Hospital
Elfie Fay Towed Naval Officer Today
New York March 29 A romance between stage and navy ends with a forthcoming marriage of actress Elfie Fay and Ensign Lesley Barratt Anderson of the battleship Missouri now at Charlestown navy yard. The couple obtained a marriage license this afternoon at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Navy
Elfie Fay
Lesley Barratt Anderson
Missouri
Charlestown Navy Yard
Miss Fay
Ensign Anderson
Recital by Miss Emerson Pupils Delights Huntington Audience
Pupils of Miss Maude A. Emerson gave a piano recital at Court Hall Huntington Avenue last evening. The audience filled the hall and applauded performances with notable enthusiasm. A highlight was a trio by Mary MacMillan Edith Kelly and Edith Allen from the primary class.
Campaign to found outdoor school at Franklin Park
At a Franklin Union meeting the Woman's Municipal Club launched a drive for a broader city presence. Dues set at 25 cents yearly, now 500 members. Treasurers report near 8500 dollars in receipts plus 2700 dollars for a pure milk crusade for Boston tenement babies. An outdoor school for sickly children in Franklin Park shelters is planned with Miss Rose Lamb reporting and Mrs. James Whitelaw to lead the program. Spitting-in-markets enforcement praised as successful. New officers include President Mrs F J Bowlker and vice presidents Miss Sarah L Arnold and Mrs Thomas Allen. executive board members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Union
Woman's Municipal Club
Boston
James J. Storrow
Rose Lamb
Committee On Outdoor Schools
Franklin Park
Park Commissioners
James Whitelaw
New York
William M. Putnam
F. J. Bowlker
Sarah L. Arnold
Simmons College
Thomas Allen
Henry Parkmian
Sumner
Harvard Man Weds Hannah Estelle Noyes in Providence
Albert Cochrane 22 son of Maurice G Cochran of Howard Street Melrose married Miss Hannah Estelle Noyes of Stoneham after obtaining a license last Saturday. Cochrane a Melrose social figure and Harvard lacrosse captain, was Melrose High School 1905 athlete in hockey and basketball. Noyes daughter of Ira C Noyes attended Stoneham High School.
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Melrose
Providence
Albert Cochrane
Maurice G. Cochrane
Howard Street
Hannah Estelle Noyes
Harmon Street
Stoneham
Miss Noyes
Ira C. Noyes
Stoneham High School
Will Fight Oil Trust in Boston
The Independent Oil Company seeks a Brighton oil plant permit from Boston's Board of Aldermen. If granted, Thomas L. Hisgen president of Hisgen Brothers promises to challenge Standard Oil's monopoly in the city once more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Thomas L. Hisgen
Independent Oil Company
Brighton
Board of Aldermen
Hisgen
Hisgen Brothers’ Concern
Boston
Standard
Moors Denies Gallivan Misstatements Over Back Bay Work
Joseph B. Moors refused to extend the exchange on Back Bay street improvements. He labeled Street Commissioner Gallivan’s letter full of misstatements and again stated he never profited from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B. Moors
Galliivan
Moors
Back Bay
No Foul Play in Peabody Burn Death
The body of Harry E. Jenkins was found in his burning hut on Lynnfield Street South Peabody and authorities say he died from burns rather than any conflict. Medical Examiner H K Foster announced there was no foul play in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody
Harry E. Jenkins
Lynnfield Street
South Peabody
H. K. Foster
New Insurance Probe Ordered in Albany
The New York assembly adopted a unanimous resolution directing the superintendent of insurance to report to the Legislature the gains or losses in total insurance in force for 1906 1907 and 1908 for major companies including New York Life Equitable Mutual of New York Massachusetts Mutual of Springfield Mutual Benefit of Newark National Life of Montpelier Northwestern Mutual Travelers of Hartford and Union Central of Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
New York Life, Equitable and Mutual of
New York
Massachusetts of
Springfield
Mutual Benefit of
Newark
N. J
National Life of
District Attorney three act drama by Bos ton club
The Red White and Blue Club of Boston on Beacon Hill will stage The District Attorney at Potter Hall Huntington Avenue on April 1. The original three act drama is written by Gwen Le Wilkins and David C Mann.
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Red, White and Blue Club of
Boston
Beacon Hill
Potter Hall
Huntington Avenue
Gwen le, Wilkins
David C. Mann
Battle with the Indians at Hickory Grounds
Indian deputies clash with Crazy Snake’s group near Hickory Grounds. One Indian dead, eight captured, Crazy Snake’s home burned to divert attention from nearby fighting. Sandy Tabler captured. Herman Odom funeral draws large Checotah crowd. George Woodruff arrives in Muskogee to coordinate.
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Crazy Snake
Hickory Grounds
Deputy Jones
Harris
George Woodruff
Department of the Interior
Muskogee
Washington
Henryetta
Sandy Tabler
Tabler
Okmulgee
Checotah
Herman Odom
Harvard Hasty Pudding Debuts Two Surprises in Babylon Show
The Harvard Hasty Pudding Club opened The Builders of Babylon at their Cambridge clubhouse with two unlisted acts. A misstep toppled a French horn and violin. a hunting sketch featured an ex-President and photographer, ending with an elephant collapse as a hunter triumphantly posed. Principal roles included Nimrod, Semiramis, Goo Goo, Ruth, and others.
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Harvard Hasty Pudding Club
Cambridge
Ann
Kermit
Goo Goo
A. P. Loring, Jr
Ruth
Hem
F. M. Blagden
Wells Memorial Institute Closing Exercises Report
Savings totaling 1327.80 were recorded by Wells Memorial Institute class members on coal tea coffee flour and steamboat tickets purchases during the year. Assistant Superintendent Thomas Burdett delivered the report at closing exercises in the institute library where exhibitions by millinery civil service dressmaking and drawing classes were shown. The Hon Robert Treat Paine presided in the main hall where John F Moors of the Finance Commission spoke on the new city charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells Memorial Institute
Thomas Burdett
Institute
Robert Treat Paine
Miain Hall
John F. Moors
Finance Commission
Malden Almoner Under Fire by City Finance Commission
The Malden Finance Commission reports blame on City Almoner Morton F Cummings and Overseers of the Poor for neglect and alleged graft. It accuses Cummings of steering poor to certain grocers and being absent from his office. It also names board members Laban Beal John Brodie and H M Hartshorn as careless and involved in efforts to defeat Dr Eugene McCarthy. The panel calls changes against the city physician unfounded and urges ending the almoner berth tied to private practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Local Finance Commission
Morton F. Cummings
John Brodie
H. M. Hartshorn
Eugene McCarthy
Cummings
Girl Sent to County Chain Gang in Athens
Kate O Dwyer a young white woman described as undesirable has been placed in the county chain gang. She is in irons and sleeping in shackles, chained with negroes. Prominent citizens seek a writ of habeas corpus for Miss O Dwyer to be heard by Judge Brand the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Kate O’dwyer
Kelly
Miss O'Dwyer
Brand
Kidnappers Steal Child Near Kanawha Station
Word arrived that an eight year old child was kidnapped today at Kanawha Station West Virginia. Parkersburg authorities and others were notified. A Kanawha to Parkersburg train was stopped and boarded by police but no abductors were located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kanawha Station
W. Va
Parkersburg
Kanawha
Call for Stricter Federal Food Law and Inspectors
Dr. T. I. Blagen-Burger urged a harsher national meat inspection system with trained veterinarians to inspect diseased beef, arguing current state laws fail if infected meat enters from other states. He questioned U S protections versus Europe and urged legislative action and press advocacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TI. B.lagen-Burger
Quincy House
Boston
Europe
United States
Germany
Stratton to resign as park board chairman
Charles E. Stratton, chairman of the board of park commissioners, yesterday announced his intention to resign from the post. He plans to go abroad on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles KE. Stratton
Board of Park Commissioners
Stratton
Uncertainty Over Federal Building Site Sparks Meeting Call
Chelsea weighs location for a $125000 federal building prompting Congressman Roberts to urge another mass meeting, likely to be scheduled soon to decide the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Federal
Congressman Roberts
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Tufts
Tufts Medical School
Post
Wood
Non-Catholics’ Service
Dr. Fitzgerald
Emerson
Plan Outdoor
Harvard
Will Fight Oil Trust
Adams Square
Gallivan
T. R
Wells Memorial
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