Services Held for William F Holway
Funeral services for William F Holway killed in an auto accident in Providence were held yesterday afternoon at 14 Warner Street West Somerville with Rev Edson R Miles of Grove Hall Universalist Church officiating. The All Saints Universalist quartet from East Boston sang and the body was taken to Lynn for burial.
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William F. Hol Way
Providence
Warner Street
West Somerville
Edson R. Miles
Grove Hall Universalist Church
All Saints’ Universalist Church
East
Boston
Lynn
Orrine Drink Habit Trial Offer
An advertisement promotes Orrine as a home remedy for excessive drinking with a money back guarantee if results are not seen after a trial. It offers two forms No 1 powder and No 2 pills, costs $1 per box, and invites readers to visit Riker Jaynes Drug Stores requesting a booklet.
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Orrine
Orrine CO
Wash. D. C
Riker- Jaynes
Walsh signs dry dock and bar literacy bill
Governor Walsh signed two measures the dry dock bill to ratify old Port Directors acts for the Boston project and a literacy test bill for bar admissions He ordered the Port Directors to hold hearings and report on whether to proceed with the contract or re advertise for bids He also asked inquiry into labor leaders claim that readvertising could cut costs and said the literacy test bill allows high school graduates to sit for bar exams without a separate literacy test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsh
Boston
Fire destroys barn in North Revere
A barn belonging to Daniel J. Smith at 14 Walnut Street North Revere burned yesterday afternoon. A horse carriage harness and farming implements were destroyed. Firemen could not save the structure and its contents. Loss estimated at 1000.
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Daniel J. Smith
Walnut Street
North Revere
Half Day Holiday Bill Sparks Legislative Clash
The House passed a bill requiring a weekly half holiday for all state workers. Amendments to the Birth of a Nation bill were postponed. A physician registration bill passed the House, and electricians registration moved to a third reading. The Senate supported capping workweeks at 44 hours and further reduced to five and a half days.
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New Haven
House
Electricians
Senate
House of Representatives
Half Holiday Bill Passed and Other State Measures
The legislature debated a mandatory half holiday for state workers on Saturdays with time off midweek and warned of costly offsets. The House approved physician registration requiring medical school graduates. The Senate moved to strike proportional from tax rules. Censor revisions for Birth of a Nation delayed and mayoral censorship proposed. Reconsideration of electrician registration failed. Road validation bills face amendments on immunity and stock ownership rules.
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New Haven
Witton Wins Rotch Scholarship and Other Harvard Prizes
Frederic R. Witton of Dorchester receives the $12 Rotch travelling scholarship at Harvard, with two years of European study. Howard Moise of Kirkwood earns the second prize of $375. Additional prizes: Lloyd McKim Garrison $100 to Thacher Nelson for a poem on Belgium. Dante prize $100 to Amos P. McMahon. Menorah Society prize $100 shared by Benjamin Gold berg and Leonard Levy.
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Frederic R. Witton
Dorchester
Marvard
Europe
Howard Moise
Kirkwood
Harvard
Lloyd McKim Garrison
Thacher Nelson
Hubbard Woods
Ill
Belgium
Amos P. McMahon
Mexico City
Menorah Society
Jacob H. Schiff
New York
Benjamin T. Goldberg
Brooklyn
N. Y
Leonard &. Levy
Cleveland, QO
President praised by Boston chapter at annual banking meeting
Amid cheers and the singing of America the President received strong support and confidence from the Boston chapter of the American Institute of Banking during its annual City Club meeting last night.
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Robt H. Beane
Boston
American Institute OF Banking
America
United States
City Club
Bank officials pledge support for President Wilson as new era opens
Robert B. Locke of Old Colony Trust chairs a meeting pledging support for President Wilson after deliberation. For the outgoing leader Frank W. Bryant a silver trimmed ebony gavel is presented. New officers include John W. Marno and Clarence A. Rathbone with Charles W. Stevens as secretary treasurer.
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Robert B. Locke
Old Colony Trust Company
Wilson
Locke
Frank W. Bryant
Second National Bank
John W. Marno
National Union Bank
Clarence A. Rathbone
Merchants’ National Bank
Charles W. Stevens
The
Walter B. Davis
National Shawmut Bank
Earle P. Perkins
Federal Reserve Bank
Edward B
John Coulson, Jr
Arthur O. Yeames
Suffolk Savings Bank
Paul H. Hartford
Union National Bank of Lowell
Burroughs
Eben H. Darling
First National Bank
Hartford
H. H. Briggs
William F. Smith
Ira F. Harris
Nashua
Arthur Adams
New England Trust Company
Thomas P. Neal, Jr
Robert H. Bean
Old South Trust Company
J. H. Symonds
H. 8. Thompson
White, Weld & Co
B. D. Bilatsdell
Olaf Olson
H. B. Bosworth
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
H. E. Stone
W. C. Williams
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Unions Vote For Wage Increases In Fall River
Four textile unions acted on a proposal to submit a wage raise request to the Cotton Manufacturers Association. Weavers sought 20 percent, slasher tenders 10 percent, spinners tabled the issue, carders sent it to the textile council delegates with power to act, loom gaxers referred last week. The textile council will meet next Wednesday.
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Fall River
Textile Council
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Weavers
Loom G
Woman Charged With Larceny Of Handbag In Shopping District
Marie Reid 22, with multiple aliases and unknown address, was arrested last night in the shopping district charged with larceny of a handbag belonging to Margaret Baker of Paul Gore Street Jamaica Plain.
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Marie Reid
Margaret Baker
Paul Gore Street
Jamaica Plain
Atlantic Fleet Won’t Ship Through Panama for Parade
Washington May 12 The Atlantic fleet of the United States Navy will remain on the Atlantic coast and will not travel to the Pacific for parade. The plan to pass through the Panama Canal to San Francisco is abandoned due to risks and possible canal closure. The fleet stays within reach as Germany tensions persist.
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Washington
United States Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Germany
Panama Canal
San Francisco
Navy Department
Secretary Daniels and Goethals Discuss Panama Canal Conditions
Secretary Daniels met Captain Hugh Rodman who said a 34 foot vessel could pass the canal now but it is used only by day while dredging continues nightly. Major-General Goethals advised ships could pass now but June conditions are uncertain and a return clearance may be blocked by slides from nature or possible hostile action.
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Daniels
Hugh Rodman
Goethals
Bakery Head Shoots Self in New York
Otto F. Fleischmann 34, son of Louis Fleischmann and head of the family bakery, shot himself after registering under an assumed name at the Holland House. The bullet pierced the pericardium and lung. he was hospitalized at Bellevue with only a remote chance of recovery. Motive appears to be despondency from ill health. his brother Raoul largely ran the business.
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New York
Otto F. Fleischmann
Louis Fleischmann
Vienna Meet
Holland House
Bellevue Hospital
Fleischmann Bakery
Raoul F. Fleischmann
Forest Fire Engulfs 500 Acres Near Canobie Lake Park
About 200 volunteer firefighters battled a major forest blaze in Pelham New Hampshire on May 12. The fire covered more than 500 acres along a two mile front across three townships and moved toward Salem Depot, nearing Canobie Lake Park.
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Pelham
N. H
Canobie Lake Park
Salem Depot
Loving and Kimball wed in Auburndale home ceremony
Miss Josephine Elizabeth Loving of East Lexington and Roy Edmund Kimball of Melrose were married last evening by Rev. Dr. George Edward Martin at his Auburndale home. The bride, well known among Lexington youths, attended Hancock Congregational Church where Dr. Martin once served as pastor.
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Josephine Elizabeth Loving
East Lexington
Roy Edmund Kimball
Fred H. Kimball
Melrose
George Edward Martin
Auburndale
Lexington
Hancock Congregational Church
Dr. Martin
Mayors Endorse Suffrage At Cambridge Meeting
Four Massachusetts mayors spoke for suffrage at a Cyprus Hall gathering in Cambridge. James M. Curley of Boston Charles H. Adams of Melrose Benjamin F. Haines of Medford and Timothy W. Good of Cambridge presided.
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Massachusetts
Cyprus Hall
Cambridge
James M. Curley
Boston
Charles H. Adams
Melrose
Benjamin F. Haines
Medford
Timothy W. Good
Mayor Curley Leads Suffrage Discussion in Boston Address
Mayor Curley of Boston rallies support for woman suffrage, arguing it advances humane laws and ends child labor. He cites wartime equality, praises women’s consistency, while opponents fear legislative power and socialism. leaders urge November amendment passage.
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Haines
Adams I
Melrose
Curley
Boston
Europe
Editors May Go 10 Jail Alarm Over Lusitania Coverage
A U S official said editors of German and American papers praising the Lusitania torpedoing could face imprisonment under existing mail distribution laws. Prosecutions of Dr Dernburg’s propaganda via mail are possible, but only if the papers endorse it rather than condemn it.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Dernburg
Dr. Dernburg
Kennedy arrested for arson in Needham Heights house fire
Michael Kennedy a 21 year old married Needham resident and Metropolitan Life Insurance collector was arrested this afternoon while setting fire to the house of Henry Sharpe in the Heights section.
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Needham Heights
Michael Kennedy
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Needham
Henry Sharpe
Heights
Man Charged With Arson Over Sharpe Fire in Heights District
A man is charged with arson in the Sharpe fire and other incendiary blazes that alarmed the Heights district last week. He allegedly crawled through a Sharpe cellar window, started a mattress and papers burning, and will be arraigned in Dedham court tomorrow morning. He reportedly confessed to the Sharpe fire but denies involvement in the other fires.
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Sharpe
Heights
John W. Coppinger
Kennedy
Dedham
Walsh vetoes liquor bill in no-license towns
Governor Walsh vetoed a bill banning liquor dealers from transporting liquor into no license cities and towns. He also signed repeal of the red flag law and approved a bridge project across the Connecticut River between Springfield and West Springfield. The veto message cited legal questions and potential unintended punishment as reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsh
Connecticut River
Springfield
West Springfield
Birth of a Nation defender argues accuracy and crimes
Henry R. MacMahon publicity manager for The Birth of a Nation defended the film before the Men's Club of the Maverick Congregational Church in East Boston. He called the film historically correct and claimed worse crimes occurred than those shown. He also defended the Ku Klux Klan.
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Henry R. MacMahon
Maverick Congregational Church
Central Square
Boston
Mr. MacMahon
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Nats Bank
Vmze
MR Hartford
Lowell
MR Bessom OF
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U. S
National Biscuit Company
Lanarkas & Or
Pine Grove
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Gordon Dry
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