Trackmen and Road May Sign At Conference
North station terminal workers of the Boston and Maine rail road seek a flat $2 daily wage. A meeting with Chief Engineer A B Cortell and strike leaders is set for tomorrow at 9 A M after a previous talks with Boston and New Haven officials.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Ingineer
A. B. Cortell
Mellen
Horn
Cortell
New Haven
Boston & Maine
Cuticura Heals Eczema Scratches in Six Weeks
Geo E Rogers of Cambridge recalls itching eczema that covered him and his son. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, relief came overnight and the boy recovered in seven to eight days, leaving no scar. Ad recounts products and free Skin Book offer.
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Sidney St
Cambridge
Mass
Geo. E. Rogers
Cuticura
Dept. T
Boston
Hyde Park machinists press wage request at Becker plant
Union machinists from Becker Milling Machine Company and B F Sturtevant Company gathered at Hyde Park to demand higher wages and a 50 hour week. A managers meeting and a directors’ session were planned to decide the wage and hour changes, with potential appeals to Governor Foss if unsatisfied.
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Becker Milling Machine Company
Hyde Park
Foss
John Becker
Hyde ‘Park Lodge
International Association of Machinists
B. F. Sturtevant Company
Becker
Sturtevant Company
Freeman
Hejd
O Hara Attack Foiled by Hotel Sherman Registry
Chicago May 8 The missing Hotel Sherman registry tied to a secret affidavit against Lieutenant Governor O Hara was found. The document alleges O Hara and a Springfield socialite registered as Duncan and wife in January with others sharing the suite. A handwriting expert found no similarity to O Hara.
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Chicago
Sherman
State Senate
O’hara
Richard M. Sullivan
O'Hara
Springfield
T. D. Duncan
J. H. Miller
Duncan
Washington relics offered for Sulgrave Manor purchase
May 8 London readers learn the Washington family relics may find a home at Sulgrave manor England if British delegates acquire the ancestral site for the peace centenary celebration. Mrs Elliot Langstaff presented the plan to Lord Weardale requesting permission to furnish and decorate the manor.
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New York
George Washington
Sulgrave Manor
England
Washington
Elliot Langstaff
Lord Weardale
Meeting on Church Unity in New York
At a private conference in New York on May 8 representatives from most Protestant denominations met to discuss accelerating a world conference on church unity. Bishop David H. Greer presided and hoped for success. Delegates from Canterbury and York appointed English church representatives, with a committee named to liaise with the Episcopal commission.
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New York
Union of Christian Churches
David H. Greer
Greer
Canterbury
York
Episcopal Commission
John W. Hamilton
Peter Ainslie
W. C. P. Rhoades
William Walker
Henry W. Jessup
Labor Leaders Seek Stay on Bucks Stove Sentences
Attorneys for Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and rank Morrison asked the District Court of Appeals to stay its mandate sentencing Gompers to 30 days in jail and fining Mitchell and Morrison 500 each for contempt in the Bucks Stove and Range case. They announced plans to appeal to the U S Supreme Court and the court granted leave to renew the motion if needed within 16 days.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Rank Morrison
District Court of Appeals
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Bucks Stove & Range
Supreme Court of the United States
Dress Fads Blamed for High Cost of Living
In Des Moines on May 8 Professor Walter Sargent of the University of Chicago warned that American women's pursuit of dress fashions and acceptance of European designs drive up living costs. He spoke to the Western Drawing and Manual Training Association convention.
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Des Moines
Walter Sargent
School of Education
University of Chicago
Western Drawing and Manual Training Association
Design Bureau Urged to Regulate American Dress and Home Style
Professor Sargent criticizes American fashion as costly and imported, urging an established dress code. He cites French designs rejected by France yet adopted in America and calls for a national committee of artists to study and standardize dress and home furniture.
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Sargent
America
Paris
Bureau of Design
Forest Fire Threatens Town in Falmouth
A large woodland section burned near the Mashpee line as hundreds of men battled the blaze. Dr. L. C. Jones of Boston, now residing in Falmouth, lost a large tract but helped at the scene by supplying lunch for firefighters. The fire is now under control.
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Falmouth
May
Mashpee
L. C. Jones
Boston
Main streets to receive $2.5 million upgrading plan
The Boston Chamber of Commerce approves using a $2.5 million appropriation from Chapter 661 to fund widening and extension of main thoroughfares. The plan, approved by directors, targets streets including North Beacon Franklin Brighton Centre West Roxbury Geneva Morton River Oakland Ashland Rose Lindale Centre, within the city debt limit.
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Chamber of Commerce
City of
Boston
Chamber
North
Beacon Street
Franklin Street
Barry’s Corner
Linccoln Street
Brighton
Centre Street
Beech
Spring Street
West Roxbury
Geneva Avenue
Columbia Road
Bowdoin Street
Morton Street
Washington Street
Forest Hills
River Street
Pierce Square
Hyde Park Centre
Oakland
Ashland Streets
Mattapan Square
Poplar Street
Roslindale Centre
Sulzer Reassembles Legislature and Launches Campaign
Governor Sulzer orders a June 16 extraordinary session and announces four campaign committees to back his defeated direct primary bill. A general committee and a campaign team will coordinate speakers and travel across New York with Colonel Roosevelt possibly endorsing the effort.
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Albany
N. Y
Sulzer
Executive
Assembly
Roosevelt
Colonel Roosevelt
New York City
B and A Men to Get Increase
At a South station conference, General Superintendent J. L. Truden and railroad telegraphers station agents and towermen reached a satisfactory basis for wage increases and improved hours. Approval awaits Vice-President James H. Hustis of the New York Central. Hustis is in New York and will meet today with the men’s committee at the South station. Terms mirror those secured with other systems in recent weeks.
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South Station
J. L. Truden
Boston & Albany
James H. Hustis
New York Central Railroad
Hustis
New York
Truden
New Haven
Boston & Maine
Maine Central
New England
Thought Wife Too Handsome Divorced for Cruel Treatment
Lillian L. Be rocher testified before Judge Keating that Frank G. Be rocher objected to her clothes and corsets and threatened to chain her to the stove. She said she earned more than him and turned over her salary, and the court granted a divorce on cruelty and abuse.
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Brockton
Lillian L
Berocher
Whitman
Frank G
Keating
Cornell senior ball bars modern dances at Ithaca event
Acting President T F Crane announces the Cornell senior ball will permit only the waltz and two step. The ban on turkey trot and tango applies to the ball and other armory events, aligning with navy week festivities as directed by the trustees.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
T. F. Crane
Armory
Crane
Board of Trustees
Publishers' Assn Now Incorporated
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Albany
N. Y
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association, Inc
New York City
Elbert H. Baker
Cleveland
Herbert Li. Bridgman
Brooklyn
Hilton A. Brown
Indianapolis
John Stewart Bryan
Richmond
F. P. Glass
Montgomery
Jason Rogers
William J. Pattison
New York
J. F. McKay
Toronto
Hopewell L. Rogers
Chicago
Charles H. Taylor, Jr
Boston
Harry Chandler
Los Angeles
Grant War Secrets to Surface in Next Sundays Post
Captain Beckwith, Grant's cipher operator, reveals more wartime secrets to be published in the upcoming Sunday edition of the Post.
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Grant
Captain Beckwith
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