Airship Dash for the Pole Planned by Wellman Leader
Walter Wellman announced plans to renew his North Pole expedition by dirigible from Danes Island in August if weather allows. The America airship, about three fifths the Zeppelin, will carry three crew, 6000 pounds of gasoline, sledges and supplies.
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Washington
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Mr. Wellman
Paris
Norway
Danes’ Island
Spitzbergen
America
Pole
Vaniman
Christiansand
Arctic
Tromsoe
Severe Long Island Sound Storm Drowns Four
In New Haven on May 4 a major storm on Long Island Sound caused four deaths including Captain Marshall A. Percy of the barge Susquehanna and his wife and 11 year old son. Four barges foundered off Branford with three driven onto rocks near Faulkner's Island, one body recovered being the boy.
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New Haven
Conn
Long Island Sound
Branford
Marshall A. Percy
Susquehanna
Faulkner
Tugs with coal to Providence lose barges in gale
Tugs Resolute and Hokendanuqua, towing coal from New Haven to Providence, went adrift off Branford after hawsers parted, four barges sank and one went ashore. Remainder recovered to New Haven. Tug Charles B Sanford_BOUND east with coal also lost barges near Faulkner's Island. Susquehanna Moosic Anthracite remain on rocks.
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Faulkner’s Island
Flower seeds given to Worcester schoolchildren
Worcester officials distributed over 47000 seed packages to city pupils who then planted them under teacher guidance. The annual program favors children with yards while many in poverty plant in window boxes and must record their gardening progress for a term report.
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Worcester
Tater
Massacre reports recount vast Armenian killings and burned families
The account describes widespread slaughter in a province where Greeks Syrians and Armenians were killed. Ten thousand to twenty five thousand people reportedly died with women and children targeted and executions witnessed by bystanders.
Sultan Mehmed V Declares Service, Not Rule
May 4 report from Constantinople says Sultan Mehmed V told state dignitaries his aim is to render services to the nation. A trove of bullion was found at Yildiz Kiosk and deposited at the ministry of war. Chief eunuch Nadar Akha may have his life spared for pointing to the treasure. In Yildiz Wiesk authorities found 500 pianos and nearly 10,000 revolvers once owned by Abdul Hamid.
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Constantinople
Mehmed V
Yildiz
Ministry of War
Nadar Akha
Yildiz Wiesk
Abdul Hamid
Missing 15 year old Edna Hutchins hunted on Morey Mountain
A large search by several score of men and boys scours Morey Mountain for Edna Hutchins aged 15 who disappeared after leaving for a Mayflowering on the mountain afternoon. The east cliff and tangled brush below raise fears she fell to her death. she is daughter of Mrs. Henry Colby, with Mr. Colby her stepfather.
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Morey Mountain
Edna Hutchins
Miss Hutchins
Henry Colby
Colby
Yale Freshmen Arrested After Opera House Demonstration
New Haven May 4 Yale freshmen W F Howe of Brookline Mass and D G Tomlinson of New York City were arrested with about 200 classmates for breach of the peace and property damage after a demonstration in front of and inside the opera house foyer and for assaulting an attendant who tried to stop them.
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New Haven
Conn
W. EF. Howe
Brookline
Mass
D. G. Tomlinson
New York City
Yale
Howe
Tomlinson
Harvard May Start Daily Paper in Boston
Harvard College may start a daily newspaper in Boston to train students for journalism. The idea surfaced in the Harvard Advocate and authorities reportedly considered plans, though confirmation was not possible yesterday.
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Harvard
Boston
Harvard College
Harvard Advocate
Unitarian Women Meet at Universalist Church Roxbury
A large gathering of Universalist and Unitarian women filled the First Universalist Church parlors in Roxbury. Mrs. May L. Waughton presided while speakers included Mrs. Caroline Stone Atherton New England vice president of the alliance Mrs. Keyes of Concord and Miss Emma Foster national president of the Universalist Women’s Organization.
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First Universalist Church
Roxbury
Universalist
Unitarian
Universalist Church
National Alliance of Unitarian Women
May l L. Waughton
Universalist Women's Missionary Society of Massachusetts
Caroline Stone Atherton
New England
National Alliance
Keyes
Concord
Committee On
Funeral for Cunard employee William B. Crafts
The funeral of William B. Crafts, one of the oldest Cunard Company employees, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Services take place at his residence, 23 Mt. Vernon Street, Charlestown. He died Monday of pneumonia after a brief illness.
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William B. Crafts
Cunard Company
Mt. Vernon Street
Charlestown
Crafts
Edison street lighting contract saga continues in Boston
Mayor Hibbard again signs the Edison Company street lighting contract amid disputes over magnetite lamps and pricing. The Merchants and Chamber of Commerce leaders challenge legality while officials draft a new version and seek fixes to guarantee city interests.
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James J. Storrow
Boston Merchants’ Association
Bernard J. Rothwell
Chamber of Commerce
Hibbard
Edison Company
Storrow
Rothwell
Guy Emerson
James C. McKibben
Commonwealth Avenue
Emerson
Edgar
The
Merchants’ Association
Babson
Boston Street Lighting Probe Eyed Edison Contract Draws Scrutiny
A City Council committee investigating Boston street lighting and the $1 925 000 Edison contract held a secret session with former Finance Commission member George A Crocker. The panel then voted to open public hearings, claiming authority to summon witnesses.
Arrested on his Honeymoon in Winchendon
On May 4 in Winchendon, David A. Jones was arrested on a Boston express while on his honeymoon with a sobbing bride. He claimed he was the son of a Boston businessman and offered security for court. He was jailed overnight for intoxication but released after his bride pleaded. he posted 50 dollars and left in a touring car ready to resume his trip to Vernon, Massachusetts.
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Winchendon
Boston Express
Bellows Falls
David A. Jones
Jones
Boston
Vernon
Mass
Man Fatally Injured by Forty Foot Fall at Pacific Mills
Lawrence May 4 John Worden of 204 Methuen street fell forty feet from a broken staging at Pacific Mills. He suffered a fractured skull and died soon after the accident.
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Lawrence
John Worden
Methuen Street
Pacific Mills
Boston Traveler Editorials and Features Highlight Readership
Editorials strive to be fair and fearless, urging public attention to important questions. The paper offers Washington Bureau reporting, daily financials, a women's page, a Saturday magazine, top sport pages, comics, and other specials for diverse readers.
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Washington
D. C
Boston
Revolver Ends Life of Woman in Littleton
Mrs. Josephine Westcott, 55, wife of a Cambridge physician, killed herself in her South Littleton apartment this afternoon. Er. N. King, mill foreman, found her with a bullet wound in her left temple after receiving her letter announcing suicide plan.
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Littleton
N. H
Josephine Westcott
Cambridge, Mass
South Littleton
Er. N. King
Andrews Mill
Tragedy at Mrs Westcott’s Rooms Ends in Suicide
Morning letters found on Mrs Westcott, door locked, panels broken, body found with revolver nearby. Ill health and mental derangement linked to death by self action. Son Ernest Waters Westcott of Exeter, New Hampshire, a Harvard student, on his way to Cambridge to claim the body. Cambridge directory lacks a physician Westcott. Harvard catalogue lists one student with that name.
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Mr. King
Cambridge
Westcott
Harvard College
Ernest Waters Westcott
Exeter
N. H
Thayer
Mayor Hibbard Reappoints Election Commissioner Minton
Mayor Hibbard names John M. Minton as chairman of the Board of Election Commissioners and as a Listing Board member. Burlen named secretary of the Election Board. San ford’s term ends May 1 and will be extended pending mayoral decisions on salaried appointments after legislative action on the Boston bills.
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Hibbard
John M. Minton
Board of Election Commissioners
Burlen
Alpheus Sanford
Boston
Mother of Captain Hains Collapses at Courthouse
In Flushing New York May 4 Mrs Virginia Hains the mother of Captain Peter C Hains Jr collapsed in the sheriff s room of the Flushing courthouse where her son is on trial for the slaying of William I Annis General Hains supported her and a physician was summoned She recovered and resumed the witness stand.
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Flushing
N. Y
Virginia Hains
Peter C. Hains, Jr
William I. Annis
Hains
General Hains
Feeble Mother Testifies About Son’s Early Trials in Court
Mrs. Hains spoke through tears about her son Captain Hains, detailing nightmares, stuttering, and a lighthouse accident at age nine that caused long lasting headaches. She was visibly distressed as she recalled marital troubles and urged the court to allow full testimony for her boy.
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Major Hains
Justice Garretson
Man in Jail Again After Forgery Indictment
Hugh McClure of Washington is jailed in Toledo after an indictment for forgery and passing worthless checks. His fiancee Miss Nell McCoy of Sistersville, West Virginia, previously bailed him out after he was charged with forging names of prominent Washington men. His alleged deception and the fiancee’s influence led to his release a year ago.
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Penn
Nell McCoy
Sistersville
W. Va
Hugh McClure
Toledo
Boston
McClure
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