General Booth Speaks at Boston Volunteers Meeting
Volunteers of America held an open-air gathering in Scollay Square yesterday with General Ballington Booth founder and commander in chief as the principal speaker. He traveled from New York with Colonel Kipple to urge donations for the Children’s Home of Malden run by the Volunteers. Booth addressed 300 or more listeners from an automobile tonneau.
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Volunteers of America
Scollay Square
Ballington Booth
The
Volunteers
New York
Kipple
Malden
General Booth
Torture Tales Highlight Sing Sing Prison Life
Albany reports on the grim depictions from an interview with a prisoner describing life inside Sing Sing. The prisoner recounts brutalities and harsh conditions endured by inmates, likening them to medieval torture.
Indictment Details Horrors at New York State Prison
A report by special commissioner George W. Blake describes frightful prison conditions at New York State’s oldest facility. Cells are dark damp filthy and vermin infested with inmates contracting rheumatism and lifelong disabilities. Favoritism and cash influence allegedly secure clemency and privileges, with Colonel Joseph F. Scott accused of knowing but not acting.
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New York State
George W. Blake
New York
Sulzer
Blake
Joseph F. Scott
Vincent Astor to undergo operation for throat trouble
Vincent Astor, the United States wealthiest unmarried man, is at Ferncliff near Rhinebeck New York with throat trouble so severe he will be moved to New York City for an operation as soon as feasible.
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New York
Vincent Astor
United States
Astor
Ferncliff
Rhinebeck
N. Y
New York City
Hymns on Cathedral Porch Open Sundays This Summer
Dean Rousmaniere arranges brief hymn services on St. Pauls Cathedral porch at 7 20 p m on Sunday nights in June July and August sung by a men’s choir or quartet Rev Dr William M Tufts and Mrs Tufts depart to attend the Presbyterian General Assembly in Atlanta Ga Commencement at New England Deaconess Training School and Deaconess Hospital held at St Mark's Brookline address by Rev Edward S Ninde of Providence and noon meetings at King's Chapel featuring various ministers this week
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Dean Rousmaniere
St. Paul's Cathedral
William M. Tufts
First Presbyterian Church
Tufts
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Atlanta
Woman's Board of Home Missions
New England
Robert Fleming Rattray
Dundee
Scotland
Henry H. Saunderson
Cambridge
Sydney B. Snow
S. R. Maxwell
Greenfield
Colonel Corr Urged as GOP Gubernatorial Candidate
Colonel Peter Corr of Taunton is urged by Republican leaders to run for governor this fall. A meeting was held at an uptown hotel Saturday afternoon in his honor. Corr attended and said he would consider the nomination.
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Peter Corr
Taunton
Carr
Colonel Corr Emerges as Key Republican Candidate
Colonel Corr, a leading Republican figure, chairs the Panama Canal Exposition Commission and has ties to Governor Greenhalge's staff and the state's textile industry. Supporters say his progressive backing and seasoned business experience position him to tackle tariff issues expected to dominate the fall campaign.
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Corr
Greenhalge
Suspect in Elsie Sigel Slaying Tied to Oakland Clues
In San Francisco May 11 authorities tie a key lead in the Elsie Sigel murder case to Oakland. Officers found press clippings about Sigel and photos of white women in the room of Lee Dor, a Chinese suspect in possession of opium. Leon Ling, the man accused of strangling Elsie Sigel, differs in description from Dor.
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San Francisco
Elsie Sigel
Franz Sigel
New York
Oakland
Lee Dor
Sigel
Leon Ling
Ask 40 000 Ton Battle ship Washington
Congress will be asked next year to appropriate for one battleship a 40 000 ton dreadnought costing about 20 000 000 dollars. The plan envisions engines achieving 25 knots with full armor and batteries, making it the largest and most formidable warship.
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Washington
Congress
Navy General Board
Navy Department
Typhoon in Philippines Strikes Kill Count Rises
A violent Philippine typhoon hit Manila on May 12 causing many deaths and wrecking several small steamers and many lighter craft. At sea 58 fatalities are confirmed, with more deaths reported as inquiries continue. No Americans are believed to have died.
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Manila
Philippine Islands
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Vouunteers’ Chief Appeals For Funds
Liggett’s
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IT Drug Stores
Rexa
Ofp
Deltox
Oshkosh Grass Matting Co
Oshkosh, Wis
Horlige
Horlick’s
Felton & Son
South Boston
Felton
Wey
Ella
Sing Sing
Albany
Henstrans
Taunton Man
Frisco
PFAF
Pfaff
Massaghuseles Bilewelies Company
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Phillipines
Boston
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Tremont Street
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Fort Hill
Citer Tracean
Stagm Our
Washington Street
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Blackstone St
Friend Street
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Boston, Mass
U.S.A
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Fifth Avenue
Messrs. Ritchie & Cornell
New York, N. Y
John W. J.jehie
Ritchie & Cornell
Dan’t
Cornell
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