White Rats Wage War for Five Dollar Day
The White Rats Actors Union of America deploys pickets to enforce a minimum five dollar daily wage for actors. Boston booking offices, hotels, lyceums, and entertainment bureaus are watched by more than 50 active pickets and 40 men with 15 women, targeting actors seeking bookings. The union claims 49 000 members nationwide and aims to prohibit contracts below the rate.
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Lyceum and Entertainment
Boston
White Rats Actors’ Union of America
Secret Service
White Rats Union
Geoffrey L. Whalen
United States
Man Slaughter Charge Seen In Monkey Wrench Death
Alfred T. Lorentzen died in Gloucester after a blow with a monkey wrench from his stepson James Jamison. Jamison is under arrest for assault and claims self defense. City Marshal Marchant expected the charge to be amended to manslaughter.
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Gloucester
Alfred T. Lorentzen
James Jamison
Charlies S. Marchant
Funeral for H. T. Bates Noted Herald Editor
Boston newspaper men including Press Club and Real Estate Exchange attended the funeral of Hen T. Bates real estate editor of the Herald. Services were held at 12 Marion street Quincy with Rev Karl G Horst of Wollaston Unitarian Church officiating. Burial followed in Central Cemetery Neponset.
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Boston
The
Press Club
Boston Real Estate Exchange
Hen T. Bates
Herald
Taft denies 1,000,000 man army in 24 hours
Former President Taft told several hundred Special Aid Society for American Preparedness members in Ford Hall that claims of raising 1,000,000 soldiers in 24 hours are rhetoric not reality. Herbert Parker also spoke at the gathering.
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Taft
Special Aid Society For American Preparedness
Ford Hall
Herbert Parker
William Howard Taft
Special Aid Society
League to Enforce Peace Leaders Tie Unity to Preparedness
In speeches, Taft and Parker stress unity of the League to Enforce Peace with reasonable preparedness. Taft says preparedness enforces peace and links the Special Aid Society to Red Cross efforts. They urge rallying members to defend allies and using economic and military means to deter war.
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League
Taft
Special Aid Society
Red Cross
Cuba
Panama
Courage and conscience as duty in perilous times
A republic exhortation urges clear eyed resolve over prosperity. It calls for courage, conscience and generosity to earn respect and meet threats with sustained effort rather than fleeting measures. The speaker warns against complacency and stresses sober action for national security.
Wife Contests Will and Body in Plymouth Will Case
Mrs. Hayes sues over two Brockton wills and a codicil of real estate dealer James Hayes. She seeks control of his burial from Melrose Cemetery as probate filings foretell division of $50 000 among heirs including James Hayes Jr and Mary Hayes Thornell. Civil action paths unfold in Brockton Superior Court next month.
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Plymouth
James Hayes
Brockton
Sarah McClusk
Hayes
James Flayes, Jr
Lieut Churchill Spends Night in Jail on Forgery Charge
John H Canavan alias Lieut ent Churchill of the British army waives examination in police court charged with forging a $1250 note to J J McCarthy drawn on the Federal Trust Company unable to secure bail set at $3500 and jailed on Charles street last night in custody of authorities.
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John H. Canavan
Churchill
Charles Street
Canavan
J. J. McCarthy
Federal Trust Company
Richards Wins $1 Verdict in Boston Dentist Suit
Dr Rus sell A Richards, a Boston dentist who sued 20 members of the 1914 B A A governing board for unlawful expulsion, is awarded a $1 verdict by the jury. The decision implies a nickel per defendant. Richards sought $20,000 but his counsel says damages were not the main motive.
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Plymouth
Russell A. Richards
Boston
Dereel Feely
Attorneys Weigh Raising Case as Sealed Verdict Hailed
Thomas Hunt for 20 defendants refused comment on appealing the case. A. Paul Keith, club president and defendant, said no decision on appealing to the Supreme Court on exceptions had been reached. The sealed verdict, given after nine hours of jury deliberation, was opened before Judge Fox.
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Thomas Hunt
A. Paul Keith
Supreme Court
George B. Morrison
Club
George W. Beals
Charles H. Carter
George B. Billings
Arthur K. Simpson
Frederick W. Smith
Stephen W. Sleeper
Lawrence M
Boston Tax Levy Increase Stalled By Governor
Governor McCall halted a 40 cent Boston tax levy bill after recall by the Senate to gain time. A conference with Mayor Curley, Finance Commission Chairman John R. Murphy, and Corporation Counsel John A. Sullivan followed in the governor’s office. The plan allocates 30 cents to school needs and 10 cents for general city purposes, contested by the Finance Commission which argues 20 cents would suffice and general city funds should not be boosted. The mayor warned of highway spending cuts and growing social welfare burdens.
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McCall
Boston
Curley
Finance Commission
Senate
John R. Murphy
John A. Sullivan
William Ivester Funeral Held At Arlington Home
Funeral services were held yesterday for William Ivester a two month foreman of the carpenters at the terminal division of the Boston and Maine railroad at his Arlington home 73 Massachusetts avenue. Burial followed at Mt Pleasant Cemetery Arlington. His brother and sister died in the prior months.
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William Ivester
Terminal Division
Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts Avenue
Arlington
Mt. Pleasant
Mr. Ivester
Colonel Corn Launches Preparedness Campaign
Colonel Corn announces a personal preparedness campaign in the upcoming Sunday Post. The initiative emphasizes readiness and civil defense measures for readers nationwide.
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Corn
Charge Policeman With Brutalities
Mrs. Kate Gordon appeals to Legal Aid Society to press charges against Policeman Frederick H. Allen of East Dedham Street Station for brutal treatment of her two daughters, Katherine and Agnes Gordon, as witnesses in a shooting incident on West Springfield Street. The officer says he acted to perform his duty and dragged her to the patrol wagon believing she had been shot.
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Kate Gordon
West Springfield Street
Legal Aid Society
Frederick H. Allen
East Dedham Street
Katherine
Agnes Gordon
Allen
Agnes
Miss Gordon
May Send Sussex Bronze to Washington
A bronze fragment taken from the Sussex by a British destroyer may be sent to Washington once the admiralty reports. The American embassy awaits the official finding. If Washington's State Department wants its own testing to see if the piece is torpedo debris, the admiralty is not expected to object to forwarding the evidence.
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London
Washington
Admiralty
State Department
Daughters Faint During Gunfire Incident in Warren Street
Mrs Gordon recounts revolver shots near their home as she, Agnes, and Katherine sought safety. Agnes fainted and was placed in a patrol wagon after an officer allegedly dragged her inside, while Mrs Gordon was restrained. The trio faced separate questioning rooms and names Lieutenant Burns of the desk.
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Queens County Club
Warren Street
Katherine
Mother
Agnes
Emerson School Prepares Pupils to Sing Star Spangled Banner
Principal James H. Leary of Emerson School in Boston organized 1600 or more pupils to rehearse The Star Spangled Banner after soprano Mae K Crowley performed the anthem accompanied by pianist A Bred Phillips. Crowley sang verses then the children joined in.
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Post
James H. Leary
Emerson School
Fast
Boston
Leary
Mae EK. Crowley
A. Bred Phillips
Miss Crowley
East Boston
Consuls Seek Departure from Saloniki Over Security
Le Patrie reports that the consuls of the United States Spain and Roumania have asked their governments for authority to leave Saloniki with their nationals due to the insecure conditions in the city.
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Athens
Paris
le Patrie
United States
Spain
Roumania
Saloniki
Andania Passengers Witnessed Air Battle Over Deal
Passengers aboard the steamship Andania reported witnessing a fierce air battle between German raiders and British aircraft while near Deal England. One German plane reportedly flew directly over the ship as the action raged in the clouds.
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Halifax
Deal
England
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Katherine Gordon
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Policeman Allen
Sussex
Mam Kk. Crowley
Andania
New England
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