New Battleship Georgia Arrives Off Boston Light
The battleship Georgia arrived at Charlestown Navy Yard after leaving Bath Maine. She will be dry docked for scraping before her official trial on May 23 over the Rockland course. The ship measures 447 feet by 66 feet and carries multiple gun turrets and a 18000 gross tonnage.
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Georgia
Boston Light
Bath
Pier 6
Charlestown Navy Yard
Rockland
H. D. Haverfield
Charles A. Blair
Ransom B. Fuller
Boston
John Hyde
Bath Iron Works
Weatherby
Engineer Department
McGuiness
Hull Department
Mohonk Lake Arbitration Meeting Set for May 30 to June 1
Arrangements are nearly complete for the 12th annual Lake Mohonk conference on international arbitration to be held in Mohonk Lake New York from May 30 to June 1. Col John W Foster will preside with speakers including Richard Bartholdt Cardinal Gibbons H St George Tucker Clifton Breckenridge and Benjamin F Trueblood. Delegates from about 40 business groups and New England figures such as Edward Everett Hale President Eliot Harvard Rep Littlefield Frank Partridge ex minister to Venezuela Chief Justice Knowlton and Governor McLane are expected to attend. The Hague conference and Penfield will also be discussed with participation from New York Boston Providence Springfield Portland Me and others.
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Mohonk Lake
N. Y
Lake Mohonk
John W. Foster
Richard Bartholdt
Missouri
Interparliamentary Union
Cardinal Gibbons
H. St. George Tucker
Virginia
Clifton R. Breckenridge
Russia
Benjamin F. Trueblood
Boston
William L. Penfield
Washington
United States
Chambers of Commerce of
New Haven
Boards of Trade of
Providence
Springfield
Portland
Merchants’ Associations of
New York
New England
Edward Everett Hale
Eliot
Harvard
Littlefield
Frank C. Partridge
Vermont
Venezuela
Knowlton
Massachusetts
McLane
New Hampshire
Jackson
Rhode Island
John F. Siiness
President Faunce
Brown
Moore
Moran defends action as graft probe criticised by Good Government group
John B Moran rejected a criticism from the Good Government Association over his failure to probe alleged Fenway graft. He said he would obtain City Affairs tomorrow to review the issue.
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City Affairs
Good Government Association
John B. Moran
Boy 11 Missing From Chelsea Searched For By Father
A father presses a weeklong search for his 11 year old son missing from Chelsea. He believes the boy is being cared for somewhere in the Boston suburbs as authorities assist in the inquiry.
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Chelsea
Boston
Chinese Orator Lin You Denied Public Sermon at City Park
Lin You, a South End Chinaman who secured a city license to speak on Sundays, was halted after delivering fewer than a dozen words. Officials said he could not speak without proper park authorization, prompting him to promise a return next Sunday with a larger Chinese Christian audience watching.
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Lin You
City Hall
You
Mr. You
Samar Officials Seek Peace Amid Warlike Outlaws
Manila May 13 Superintendent of Schools Hoover of Samar and several island officials say nine percent of natives favor extermination of fanatics and absolute peace. Native officials organize volunteer bands to scour mountains guard trails and capture or kill outlaws near Benquet.
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Manila
Hoover
Samar
Baguio
Benguet
Ide
Two Mad Dogs in Somerville Endanger Residents
A pair of aggressive dogs threatened Austrians in Somerville yesterday. One was killed by Special Officer Winters, the other by two Portuguese laborers who struck it with beer bottles. A bulldog ferociously attacked a Boston street resident but was driven off. a Boston terrier mauled a Portuguese woman but was killed by her countrymen.
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Somerville
Winters
Boston Street
Boston
Somfile
Moran Report Cited In Graft Inquiry On Fenway Work
The association's organ presents statements from June 24, 193, to May 1906 about Fenway work. Asa P French reports investigations showing graft, with two dates added reading Jan 2 1906 District Attorney Moran began an investigation and May 1906 Nothing doing. Moran vows to reply after review.
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Moran
Association
Fenway
Asa P. French
Mr. Moran
Hazardous Material Explosion Planned for Turnpike Site
Aton of hazardous material will be exploded on May 13 in Salem as part of contractor Mc Donough construction work. The blast will remove thousands of feet of solid ledge, attracting crowds from nearby high hills. A 1500 foot safety radius will be enforced and the detonation will be triggered by an electrical spark.
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Salem
McDonough
Memorial Sunday Observed by Revere Eagles
Memorial services were held at Town Hall Revere by the Revere Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles with President John W Carney and officers leading. Charlies E Colligan of Waltham gave the memorial address and Reverend O B Mark of Revere assisted. The Cadet Quartet and a string quartet performed Angels Serenade led by Lena Canio with Louis Baer and Charles M. Waugh.
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Revere
Revere Aerie
Order of Eagles
John W. Carney
Charlies E. Colligan
Waltham
O. B. Mark
Thomas F. Coughlin
William DB. Tappan
Lena Canio
Louis Baer
Charles M. Waugh
Former Alderman Gray Pleads Guilty to Bribe Payments
Green Bay, May 13. Former Alderman Albert L. Gray pleaded guilty to taking two bribes of 800 dollars each related to a paying contract and was fined 1000 dollars in each case.
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Green Bay, Wis
Albert L. Gray
Chelsea Boy 11 Missing After Monday Morning Departure
An 11 year old boy, Charles A Turcotte of Chelsea, left home at 23 Suffolk Street Monday morning to go to school and has not been seen since. His father and police conducted a frantic overnight search without success.
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Little Charles A. Turcotte
Suffolk Street
Chelsea
Boy Withheld from School Feared Taken by Someone in Chelsea
The father Alphonse Turcotte reports his son has refused to attend school and often truants. He suspects the boy has been taken in by a person in Chelsea Winthrop or East Boston. The boy left home Monday wearing blue knee pants black stockings and sneakers. Mr Turcotte's wife died last October leaving him to care for five children with the missing boy as the eldest.
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Alphonse Turcotte
Chelsea
Winthrop
East
Boston
Auto Crash in Roslindale Wrecks Car at Pole
An automobile owned by George R. Fearing of Westwood crashed into a telegraph pole on Beech Street in Roslindale. The three occupants were thrown out but unharmed. the car was badly wrecked and two women then left for Westwood on the electrics.
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George R. Fearing
Westwood
James Neil
Beech Street
Roslindale
Cruiser St Louis Ready for Trials at Rockland
The US protected cruiser St Louis arrived from Boston for trials at Rockland. She conducted preliminary runs and is expected to be ready for a standardization trial on Wednesday. The trial crew numbers 350 men.
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ST. Louis
Rockland
United States
Boston
Elephant Birth Tease Dares New England Audiences
The Boston Theatre hosts Gyp of a 40 elephant herd from India as a potential third US elephant birth looms. Doctors predict motherhood could occur within 18 to 20 months, with officials waiting for a definite date. Thompson & Dundy offer a $100 prize for the best name for Gyp’s forthcoming calf.
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Gyp
United States
Mars
Boston Theatre
New York
India
Thompson & Dundy
Luna Park
Potter
Thompson
George A. Kingsbury
Boston
Messia, Thompson & Dundy
Mr. Kingspury
Dorchester Teen Rescued After Narrow Ocean Ordeal
Karl Milliken 16 of Dorchester recounted his survival in Dorchester Bay after his boat filled with wind driven spray. He tied a handkerchief to the stern for visibility, fell overboard, and was pulled into a Savin Hill life-saving crew motor boat after a harrowing struggle with wind tide and blisters on his hands.
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Karl Milliken
Dorchester
Dorchester Bay
Savin Hill
Post
Milliken
Neponset Avenue
H. K. Milliken
Karl
Richardson
Squantum Point
Woodill
Fifth to Have a Jolly Time
Colonel Oakes Major Stover and Captains Cutting and Nichols form the committee that visited Ottawa and Montreal to plan a trip for the Fifth Regiment. M. V. M. next August returns to Boston with news to boost regimental enthusiasm as the North Adams Agricultural Society summer meet coincides with the visit. Ottawa quarters Lansdown Park in an exposition hall with grounds access, Montreal military groups show strong interest in the visit.
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Oakes
Stover
Cutting
Nichols
Ottawa
Montreal
Boston
North Adams
The
Agricultural Society
Lansdown Park
Exposition Hall
States
Miss Whitney Recovers From Burns After Lamp Explosion
Watertown New York May 13 Miss Isabel M Whitney daughter of Select man Arthur H Whitney is recovering from severe burns after an alcohol lamp exploded while she was crimping her hair.
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Watertown
N. Y
Isabel M. Whitney
Arthur H. Whitney
Bishop Jaggar Decision Final
Rector Thomas A. Jaggar of St. Pauls Episcopal Church confirmed he tendered resignation to the vestry to take effect Oct 1 but will stay on until a successor is found. He called rumors of withdrawal unfounded and told a Boston Post reporter the details are correct.
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Thomas A. Jaggar
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Post
Boston Post
Former Somerville Barber Loses All in Frisco Earthquake
In a San Francisco letter to Manuel Currier the Somerville native Joseph Fonseca, once a Webster Avenue barber, reports losing all possessions in the earthquake and waiting in line for bread. He and his wife had moved to San Francisco years ago where they ran a barber shop and two ready cooked food businesses.
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Somerville
Frisco
San Francisco
Manuel Currier
Union Square
Joseph Fonseca
Fonseca
Webster Avenue
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