Fire appointment promotes Tony Burns to lieutenant
Fire Commissioner H G Russell yesterday announced the appointment of Anthony J Burns known as Tony senior boseman of Engine 8 Salem Street North End to a lieutenancy. The new lieutenant is assigned to Chemical 2 Church Street to take the place of Lieutenant Joseph Enos dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Russell
Anthony J. Burns
Tony
Boseman
Salem Street
North End
Leutenant
Chemical 2
Church Street
Joseph Enos
Watson Rebuked in House Over Charity Board Inquiry
In a tense session yesterday in the House, clashes over delaying a bill to study a new state industrial reformatory triggered threats of order restoration. Speaker Myers rebuked Watson for calling the majority mean, while Luce argued procedural fairness as debate extended to adjournment.
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House of Representatives
State Board of Charity
Hull
Millbury
Luce
Panncey
Newton
Everett
House
W. J. Sullivan
Boston
Sullivan
Mr. Watson
Mr. Luce
Somerville
Myers
Watson
Nomination of Senators by Direct Vote Debate
Boston figures push for direct vote on U S Senate nominations in Suffolk county. Supporters say people deserve to escape conventions while opponents argue no need for the bill. Frost supports a state wide approach but would vote for it. Gilpatric plans amendments to extend benefits. Several Boston lawmakers back the measure as it moves to third reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Saunders
Boston
Suffolk County
Messrs. Gilpatric
Sleeper
Winthrop
Frost
Lawrence
Gilpatric
Messrs. C.S. Sullivan
Saunders, Adams and Watson
Cities may build and run electrical conduits bill debated
Mr Apseyr of Cambridge moved to substitute for the adverse report on mercantile affairs. The bill would let cities and towns construct maintain and operate conduits for electrical cables. Several speakers opposed or supported the substitution, and the motion carried by voice vote.
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Apseyr
Cambridge
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Edgar Champlin
Bieiler
Boston
Holmes
Kingston
Gale
Newick
Sleeper
Winthrop Ao
J. MacCartney Rockland
Harbor extensions at East Boston and Hull sea wall plan voted
The committee on harbors and public lands reported favorably a bill to extend harbor lines at East Boston as urged by the Governor and considered the Point Allerton sea wall in Hull. The panel split evenly and committed the bill to House Chairman Francis to poll the full committee and report a favorable or adverse result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Harbors and Public Lands
East
Boston
Point Allerton
Hull
House
Francis
Senate adjourns as five committees tour state for information
The Senate rushed to adjourn to allow five committees water supply prisons charities harbors and lands street railways to tour the state for information. Major items were postponed until next week as over half the Senate will be away, and the body agreed not to reconvene until Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Recommittal Sheds Light on Poll Tax for Women
The taxation committee moves to remove an obsolete clause requiring a 50 cent poll tax for female voters under Section 9 of Charter 6. The action follows protests from women to Governor Crane. Officials say the change would not alter current tax burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Taxation
Commonwealth
Luce
Crane
Slater Divorce Ends Boston Social Romance
The divorce of Miss Enid Hunt from Samuel Slater ends a famed Boston aristocratic romance. The couple, once amid Bar Harbor meetings with Horatio N. Slater, had separated amid incompatibility. Mrs Slater resides on Readville’s Bush Hill Road, while Mr Slater lives in New York. No children exist and ample funds sustain separate households.
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Enid Hunt
William Morris Hunt
Boston
Samuel Slater
Hunt
Mrs. Hunt
Mrs
Bar Harbor
Horatio N. Slater
Mabel Hunt
Slater
Gloucester Street
Bush Hill Road
Readville
Boylston Street
Mr. Slater
New York
Metropolis
Hotel Essex
Vorsterr
Etna Standard Plant to Double Size in Bridgeport
Directors of the American Sheet Steel Company authorize improvements at the Etna Standard plant in Bridgeport Ohio that will create the greatest sheet mill. The plant now employs about 600 men and will be doubled in size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
American Sheet Steel Company
Etna Standard
Bridgeport
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Allen Box Factory
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James Loughlin
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