Porter custody battle centers on child at Coffin boarding house
Lynn Porter, a minor daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Constant Porter of Clark street, remains with her mother at 418 Broadway after the father’s three visits were refused. He plans to seek court custody and pursue a $20,000 suit against C. H. Glidden, linked to the family dispute, while the mother seeks a divorce filing for cruelty. Glidden’s whereabouts are unknown and Mrs. Glidden offers no comment.
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Lynn
Lillian Porter
Constant Porter
Clark Street
Coffin
Broadway
C. H. Glidden
Glidden
Porter
Post
Red Cross Faces Internal Probe After Barton Resigns
Washington May 15 Investigation into the American Red Cross Society will follow the resignation of President Miss Clara Barton who is succeeded by Mrs John A Logan. Barton faced no charges but others were accused of fund mismanagement and irregularities. Logan called for a meeting Sept 6 to review memoranda and address the unhappy conditions.
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Washington
American Red Cross Society
Clara Barton
John A. Logan
Miss Barton
Barton
Logan
Red Cross Society
Two Boston Women Among 87 Beauties in French Book
A $500 American Beauty Book features 87 portraits with only two from Boston Mrs. John De Forest Dan elson and Miss Eleanor Winslow. New England and New York selections dominate. Boston residents protest Cameron’s choices and a rival Boston edition may follow.
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Boston
John de Forest Dan Élson
Eleanor Winslow
George Winslow
New England
George Cabot Lodge
Senator Lodge
M. L. Clark
Connecticut
New York City
Sir Roderick Cameron
Drowning At Annapolis Claims Midshipman Philip Brittingham
Midshipman Philip Brittingham of Wheeling West Virginia a third class Naval Academy student was drowned two miles off the academy after a sailing launch without centreboard or air tanks capsized in a gust of wind. Four other third class cadets An derson Henderson Towers and Steven son struggled in the water for about twenty minutes before rescue arrived.
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Annapolis
Philip Brittingham
Wheeling
W. Va
Naval Academy
Academy
Anderson
Henderson
Towers
Stevenson
Slattery Addresses Central Labor Union
Hon E J Slattery of South Framingham spoke to the Central Labor Union. He defended unionism as vital to the country and noted that none of last year’s 1 5 million dollars in defalcations involved a union man. He attacked financiers and Standard Oil methods, asking if Lawson’s alleged losses would have led to the public notice.
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Central Labor Union
E. J. Slattery
South Framingham
Tobacco Trust
Lawson
Public Order League Declines Attendance at Liquor Hearing
The Brighton Public Order League protests the Market Street license granted to John Toomey and will not attend today’s Police Board hearing. The group says it has attended such hearings often and urges the board to render justice without compelling its members to appear.
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Brighton Public Order League
Police Board
John Toomey
Market Street
Brighton Society
Suttons 200th Anniversary Opens Celebration
Sutton May 15 The town marks its 200th settlement anniversary with a union service at Town Hall. Rev William F Landers presided as Bishop Willard T Mallalien sends greeting from Los Angeles California. Addresses given by Rev Dr F J Van Horn Worcester and Rev George A Putnam Millbury.
17 Gallons of Liquor Seized in East Boston
Sergeant Hinds and Station 7 officers raided Michael J. Harrington at 144 Porter Street East Boston. They seized 14 gallons of lager beer two and one half quarts of whiskey and a gallon of ale and they took the liquor to the police station.
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Hinds
Michael J. Harrington
Porter Street
Boston
Waltham Aims to Abolish Grade Crossings
City Engineer Brewer to issue a detailed report on grade crossings eight in Waltham. A commission of Arthur P. Rugg William F. Dana and George F. Swain will hold its first hearing at City Hall on Saturday morning June 4.
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Waltham
Brewer
Arthur P. Rugg
William F. Dana
George F. Swain
Waltham City Hall
Miss Whiting Disparages Rose Meeker Suit as Ridiculous
Miss Lillian Whiting says Miss Rose Meeker’s lawsuit is a sick woman’s vagary and that the Meeker family feud over a property transfer is private and exaggerated. She notes Mrs. Meeker’s illness and pension denial, then recalls Ralph Meeker and Whiting’s own career as a journalist.
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Miss Meeker
Lillian Whiting
Rose Meeker
Post
Greeley
Coli
Speeton
Colorado
Meekers
Nathan Cook Meeker
Horace Greeley
Far West
Mary Livermore
Julia Ward Howe
New England
Miss Whiting
Whiting
Rose
Mies ‘Meeker
Washington
Boy Struck Down on Dwight Street Suffers Cut Forehead
Taken suddenly ill yesterday afternoon Harry Bthick eight years old of Shawmut avenue fell to the pavement and sustained a cut forehead. He was conveyed to City Hospital in the Station wb ambulance.
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Dwight Street
Harry Bthick
Shawmut Avenue
City Hospital
75 Cents Worth of Conscience Restitution at Cambridge Gas Light
A Cambridge Gas Light Company letter reveals an enclosed 76 cents marked as conscience, suggesting funds were mis appropriated earlier and now restitution is being made. The note indicates the money belonged to the company and implies corrective steps are underway.
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Cambridge Gas Light Company
Tug Mercury Crew Rescues Man From Water
The tug Mercury’s crew rescued a man named John Johnson, four years old and about 240 pounds, who fell from a broken ladder rung at East Boston pier while reaching for a plier. The Mercury crew fought a hard, drawn out struggle to lift him from the water.
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Mercury
John, Johnson
Boston ‘Lowboat Company
Boston
The
Two youths Arrested in Sabbath Crack Shooting Incident
On Circuit street in Roxbury yesterday afternoon officers arrested Harry Bergén aged 18 and Joseph P. Watson aged 19 on charges of Sabbath crack shooting amid prolonged complaints about Sunday rendezvous for bone shakers along Circuit street.
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Circuit Street
Roxbury
Harry Bergén
Joseph P. Watson
Fight Over AlderManic Bill at State House
House plans to reconsider the Boston aldermanic bill allowing 13 aldermen by districts with seven elected by voters. Representative Hannan proposes a 15 aldermen plan with 14 district elected and a chairman at large, a feature seen as powerful by party leaders due to chairman’s city-wide influence.
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House
Boston
Hannan
Bret Harte Widow Desperate as Bill Nye's in London Aid
London report says Mrs Bret Harte and her children face poverty despite support from American colony in London. One son risks total blindness while Bill Nye's widow similarly struggles, forced to run a boarding house with help from friends.
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Bill Nye
Bret Marto
Bret Harte
London
Boy Locked In Church After Services In Cambridge
Burton Marks a fourteen year old cripple attended the First Baptist Church in Central Square Cambridge last evening. He fell asleep as services ended and was inadvertently locked inside the church. A passerby alerted police at Station 2 when the boy was discovered sleeping.
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Burton
Marks
Cambridge
First Baptist
Central Square
Pauline Hall Granted Divorce From George B. McLellan
Pauline Hall, once a Casino favorite now on the vaudeville stage, won a divorce decision in her favor from James R. Torrencé as referee in the suit against George B. McLellan.
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New York
Pauline Hall
James R. Torrencé
George B. McLellan
U S Cruiser New Orleans Arrives At Chefoo
The US cruiser New Orleans arrives at Chefoo from Shanghai with Rear Admiral Stirling aboard. Authorities say the stated orders were to come to Chefoo and the admiral does not know his future moves. The sighting may signal a push for Niuchwang neutrality as Russians evacuate.
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Chefgoo
United States
New Orleans
Stirling
Shanghai
Chefoo
Niuchwang
Russians Accuse Outrages and Robberies Near Anju
The Tok chong prefect reports 700 Soviet sacks arrived May 8 and seized provisions forage ponies and money. Villagers fled to hills. On May 9 Russians moved to Karchong and attacked Anju, committing outrages on women, breaking the jail, freeing prisoners, and abducting the jailer and village headman.
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Seoul
Tokchong
Anju
Karchong
Damp and Dreary Sunday Weather Outlook
Bundsy began with a cold rosy sunrise. By church time it was still colder and clammier and this atmospheric condition reduced congregations and spirits. Afternoon talk centered on frost as farmers paused politics to discuss weather. Evening showers cleared mist and temperatures rose. today shows showers and tomorrow should be fair and warmer.
Santos-Dumont Air Trip in Balloon No 7 Trial
Paris May 15 Santos-Dumont completed a successful half hour trial of dirigible balloon No 7. He plans to take the craft to the St Louis exposition for display and testing.
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Paris
Santos-Dumont
Baseball League Formed by Total Abstinence Societies
Representatives from Boston area total abstinence groups met at St Patrick's T A and L Society in Roxbury and completed the formation of a baseball league for societies within the Archdiocesan Union of Boston. Decoration Day games were set with St Patrick's Roxbury vs St Mary’s Malden and St Valentine’s vs St Joseph’s Boston.
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Total Abstinence Societies
Archdiocesan Union of Boston
Boston
St. Patrick's T. A. and
L. Society
Roxbury
St. Patrick's
St.Mary's
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