Mechanic Arts High Under Fire From Investigator
C A Prosser secretary of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education charges Mechanic Arts High School with failing to meet 85 percent of pupil needs. He says the headmaster and school committee disagree on aims and that classes are too large and shops inadequately equipped. The report notes only 15 percent of graduates enter industry, most go to technical colleges, and stresses mismatch between stated aims and actual practice.
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Mechanic ‘Arts’ High School
C. A. Prosser
National Society For the Promotion of Industrial Education
Prosser
Charles W. Parmenter
Boston
Mechanic Arts
Franklin B. Dyer
Report on charges leads to future School Committee meeting
The speaker refused to discuss the report last night and said the charges would be answered at a future School Committee meeting. Despite the disagreement, it is believed the report will trigger sweeping changes.
School Committee Considers Change for Engineering Prep
Joseph Lee, a school committee member, says the panel has long believed changes are needed and that the school may reexamine its aim to prepare students for Technology and other engineering schools. An investigation is planned before deciding.
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Joseph Lee
Delay in Ryan’s Arrival in Mexico City
Dr Edward Ryan the American condemned to be executed at Zatatscas was due to arrive in Mexico City yesterday but had not reached the capital by evening. The War Department gave no reason for the delay but said Ryan with Mexican troops escort had passed through Aguas Calientes. The war minister notified the Brazilian minister that Ryan would be delivered to the Brazilian legation which handles US interests during its envoy’s absence.
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Mexico City
Edward Ryan
Zatatscas
War Department
Ryan
Aguas Calientes
Mexico
Legation
United States
Rector Philo Sprague Marks 30 Years at Charlestown Church
The Rev Philo W Sprague celebrated thirty years as rector of St Johns Episcopal Church Charlestown with a morning service attended by former parishioners. Sprague officiated and preached a fitting sermon while a special musical program was arranged for the occasion.
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Philo W. Sprague
St. John's Episcopal Church
Charlestown
Sprague
Labor Leaders Denounce John D Jr at Boston Union Meeting
The Boston Central Labor Union score John D. Rockefeller Jr. for his handling of the Colorado mine strike. Resolutions condemning his actions and praising President Wilson for maintaining order were unanimously adopted.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Boston Central Labor Union
Colorado
Wilson
Radical labor actions and politics stir Boston unions
Boston unions debate armed rebellion in Colorado, condemn Rockefeller and defend workers rights. They back federal mediation, oppose 12 hour Saturdays for women, push anti injunction and state employment office measures, and plan hearings, memorials, and mass meetings across several locals.
Building trades strike threat over 1914 contract
Building Teamsters threaten a walkout if four member firms do not sign the new 1914 agreement today. The pact would raise wages by one dollar weekly for workers at the four firms.
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Association of Building Material Contractors
General Teamsters’ Union 379
Demand B and M Members Press for Immediate Answer
The joint system committee of the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen and Enginemen demands a definite management reply today from Boston and Maine officials Pollock and Tyter. They allege breaches of existing workrules and threaten a strike vote if no assurances are given. Grand lodge officers will assist in Boston this week to prep for potential emergencies.
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Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers
Pollock
Tyter
Boston & Maine Railroad
Grand Lodge
Boston
Catholic Church Notes Mattapan and Dorchester Gatherings
St Angela’s Church Mattapan hosts a reception for Rev Francis J Ryan in Milton Town Hall after his Europe and Holy Land trip. Fr Ryan’s brother Fr William Ryan of St Margaret’s Dorchester also returned. The Holy Name Society of St Francis de Sales Roxbury plans a May party to fund a new parochial school.
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St. Angela's Church
Mattapan
Francis J. Ryan
Milton Town Hall
Father Ryan
William Ryan
St. Margaret's Church
Dorchester
Europe
Holy Land
St. Francisce Sales Hall
Roxbury
Holy Name Society
St. Francis de Sales Parish
Francis X. Dolan
St. Gregory's Church
Dorchester Lower Mills
Whitin Hall
Sanctuary Society
Protestant Churches News Items from Area
Professor George M. Harmon of Tufts College will speak to Universalist ministers at Ballou Hall on Immortality as Stated by the Four Evangelists. The annual memorial service for departed members of Theodore Winthrop Post G A R Chelsea was held in Grand Army Hall with city officials in attendance. Rev Herbert A Manchester of East Boston Presbyterian Church will accept a call to Rio de Janeiro and has not resigned. Christian Endeavor elected district secretaries Mrs J C Purinton Theodore H Morton Harold L Alden and Lewis W Crane. Parishioners of First Universalist Everett plan Memorial Day dedication of a monument to former Pastor Rev George G Hamilton. Rev Thomas W Davison of Atlantic Memorial Congregational Church plans a church at Squantum. land gifted by Councilmen John R Nelson and Carl E Carlson.
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Boston Electrical Workers
Peter I’. Lenihan
New York
New England
Wells Memorial Hall
Brewery Workers’ Union 14
Albert C. Langois
Boston
Boston Cap Makers’ Union
Tistler Levinson Co
Washington Street
John €. MacDonald
Elevator Constructors’ Union
Metropolitan Park Board
Metropolitan Pork Employees’ Union
Walsh
Edward Bloeklinger
Independent Radical Organization of
Hub Iron and Wire Co
Cambridge Coal Teamsters’ Union
New England Gas and Coke Company
Board of
Coal Hoisting Engineers’ Union
Horseshoers’ Union
Memphis
Tremont Hall
Roxbury Crossing
N. OY. No. &. Bror
Breight Handlers’ Union 70
Longshoremen’s Trade Council
George M. Harmon
Tufts College
Ballou Hall
Theodore Winthrop Post
Chelsea
Grand Army Hall
Willard
Herbert A. Manchester
East Boston
The
Christian Endeavor
J. C. Purinton
Beverly
Theodore H. Morton
Newton
Harold L. Alden
Norwood
Lewis W. Crane
Avon
First Universalist Church
Everett
George G. Hamilton
Thomas W. Davison
the Atlantic’ S Memorial Congregational Church
Squantum
John R. Nelson
Carl E. Carlson
Eight Wives Linked to London Suicide of Major Fitzgerald
Henry O. Hteverald known as Major Fitzgerald shot himself at Charing Cross Hotel and died. A club manager says he had eight wives in America and, during a trip, instructed the manager to open his letters.
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London
Henry O. Hteverald
Fitzgerald’s Wives Reach Out In Eight Letters At Club
The club manager reported eight women signing as Fitzgerald’s wives asked him to return and support them. A Louisiana letter said the writer could no longer hide her marriage. A son asked when the father would come home. One note claimed the wife was starving. A Scotland Yard detective mentioned inquiries by a European ambassador about Fitzgerald’s proposed union with a princess and future dukedom heir.
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Fitzgerald
Louisiana
Scotland Yard
Deinster
American Ranchman Porfirio Laurel Found Dead Near Laredo
The body of Porfirio Laurel, an American ranchman who vanished last November, was recovered near Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Mexican federals had arrested him and denied reports of his execution until the grave was exhumed today, ending the Texan’s unexplained disappearance.
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Laredo
Texas
Porfirio Laurel
Nuevo Laredo
Mex
Laurel
Inquest Planned Over Death From Food Lift Fall
Medical Examiner Magrath will present an inquest into the death of Mary Halloran a servant of 366 Commonwealth Avenue after a dumb waiter used as a lift dropped six stories late Saturday night In Back Bay apartment blocks the incident highlights lift safety concerns and potential abuse of dumb waiters by residents
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Magrath
Mary Halloran
Commonwealth Avenue
Halloran
Fatal use of dumb waiter as passenger lift injures nurse
A two foot square dumb waiter on the eighth floor was used by a victim and servant Nellie Shea to reach rooms. Miss Halloran was saved when the lift jammed between floors while a fatality occurred. The device, intended for food service, was six feet high and could hold two. a placard warned riders of risk. A speedy inquest will consider stricter safety to prevent passenger use.
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Nellie Shea
Halloran
Man survives Niagara River suicide attempt
John Hoyland of Winthrop attempted death by own action by leaping into the Niagara River above the American falls. He survived, his sister in Winthrop was notified, and police guard his hospital cot while officials prepare to arraign him on a charge of attempted death by own action. He is 35 years old.
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John Hoyland
Woodside Avenue
Winthrop
Niagara River
American Falls
Boston
Memorial Hospital
Niagara
Holland
Jilted by Fiance Triggers Coma in Binghamton Woman
Mildred Voorheims a 19 year old social religious worker in Binghamton N Y has been delirious since last Tuesday after being jilted by her fiancé.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Mildred Voorheims
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