Slayer of Girl's Warder Trial Opens in Hampden
Hawin F. Cook stands charged with the murder of H. E. White after a dispute over Lydia, 22, whom Cook had escorted from Austerlitz N. Y. The Ludlow farm killing occurred February 13, 1919. A special jury panel was drawn and jurors visited the scene as preliminary proceedings began. Testimony to start tomorrow morning.
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Ringfield
Hampden County
Hawin F. Cook
H. E. White
Yarm
Cook
Lydiay
Austerlitz
N. T
White
Ludlow
Father of Priest Kearns Killed by Auto in Providence
Thomas Kearns aged 65, father of Rev. Hugh E. Kearns O P of New York, was fatally struck by an automobile while working as a street sweeper near a curb in Providence R I. The car was driven by Joseph Kochhan, a machinist, who was held for investigation after Kearns died at hospital.
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Providence
R. I
Thomas Kearns
Hugh E. Kearns
O. P
New York
Kearns
Joseph Kochhan
Kochhan
Park Board Hearing on Danger Point Today
Mayor Fitzgerald plans to attend a Park Board hearing in Toston as motorists demand changes to current regulations. He opposes the present rules fearing they will cause accidents if not revised.
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Danger Point
Toston
Fitzgerald
Park Commission rule on Commonwealth avenue causes danger point
Automobilists clash with Park Commission traffic rules on Commonwealth avenue between the Ericson monument and Arlington street. Cars kept to the left exit toward the monument, cross into inbound lanes, creating a daily danger point and near-misses. Motorists urge rule change despite officials citing child safety. Mayor and Bay State Automobile Association leaders critique the regulation. C. P. Rockwell urged all Boston motorists to attend the public hearing.
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Park Commission
Commonwealth Avenue
Ericson Monument
Arlington Street
Boston
Peabody
Meyer Fitzgerald
Atlantic Seaboard
Bay State Automobile Association
C. P. Rockwell
Governor Foss Vetoes Firemen Pension Bill
Governor Foss vetoes the firemen pension bill in his eighth veto message. He cites existing pension law, home rule violation, noncontinuous service, compelled pension for temporary disability, and calls for a referendum to voters or city officials.
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Foss
Unions Withdraw From Building Trades Dept in Boston
Boston Bricklayers Union and allied groups voted to avoid aiding any oppressive trade measures and to oppose attacks on 28 Carpenters unions and Steamfitters. The move follows suspensions of 29 unions by the department and signals the formation of a new Building Trades Council or a mutual working understanding among locals. Delegates from Roxbury Bricklayers Union 27 resigned as part of the shift.
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Boston Bricklayers’ Union No. 3
Building Trades Department
Brotherhood Carpenters’ Unions
Boston Stonemasons’ Union 9
Boston Marble Cutters and Setters’ Union
Roxbury Bricklayers’ Union 27
Carpenters' Unions
Steamfitters
Dre
Building Trades Council
Trade Women to Have Club in Boston Patterned After City Club
Boston business women plan a real club with privileges like men’s clubs but no license. The Ameri can House banquet announced a clubhouse east of the common between Bromfield and West streets, with aims for model apartments and old age pensions. By October a cooperative restaurant suite and sleeping rooms for out of town theatregoers will serve 500 members, potentially called The Tahattawan.
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Boston
City Club
American House
Massachusetts
South End
Jem
Curious features in news of the day in Hartford
A terrier named Dash returns after wintering in a leaf cave. Louis Ellis learns the dog, from the International Live Stock Association, belongs to him. A coachman had fed him daily, and the dog wore a collar. A remark about clubwomen and dinner timing follows.
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Hartford
Dash
Louis Ellis
International Live Stock Association
Lays Cost of Beef to Women's Clubs
New York May 22 The growth of women's clubs has contributed directly towards increasing the price of beef in the opinion of William Skinner president of the local club noting social demand and club activity influence on markets and prices.
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New York
William Skinner
Scalp Caught in Machine at Dorchester Waste Factory
Delian Murray 45 of 0 B street South Boston was caught by hair in a large rolling machine at 1210 Dorchester Avenue yesterday. She directed her own rescue after rescuers arrived. she escaped with a severe scalp wound and was taken to City Hospital.
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Delian Murray
Boston
Dorchester
Dorchester Avenue
Mr. Malone
Foreman Hayes
City Hospital
Taft Names Bertholf to Chief of Revenue Cutter Service
President Taft appoints Captain Ellesworth Price Bertholf as captain-commandant and head of the Revenue Cutter Service Treasury Department. He succeeds Worth G. Ross who recently resigned. Bertholf, 45, from Hackensack New Jersey, is named to lead the service.
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Washington
Taft
Ellesworth Price Bertholf
Division
Revenue Cutter Service
Treasury Department
Worth G. Ross
Bertholf
Hackensack
N. J
Man Swallows Diamond In Bold Swindle For $50
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on May 22 Max Marcus a Pittston tailor swallowed a new diamond from Henry Fassen’s shop after being urged he could swallow it. He paid $50 after the stone disappeared and Fassen claimed the cost of the loss.
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Fassen
Explorer officer wins gold medal for Arctic service
A revenue cutter service officer famed for a 1902 solo Siberian march to secure 800 reindeer for the Interior Department is described as an authority on seals and the only officer fluent in Esquimo. Congress awarded him a gold medal in 1902 for bravery.
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Revenue Cutter Service
Siberia
Interior Department
Congress
Fire department understaffing sparks criminal warnings at Boston council
Former Fire Commissioner Benjamin W. Wells told the Boston City Council that downtown engines often run with only four men. He urged adding at least 50 more, or 100 for safety, and criticized the high pressure plan as wasteful, proposing limited coverage with a new auxiliary system.
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Boston
Benjamin W. Wells
Wells
Jackson
John B. Graham
Chamber of Commerce
Daly
McInnes
Sewer and Water Division
Public Works Department
Graham
Rich Boston doctors plan private hospital for the wealthy
A group of Boston physicians led by Dr. Arthur T. Cabot announced plans to create a for profit hospital with a $500 000 capital and 6000 shares to serve paying patients. A 25 share physician board will hold common stock and voting rights while the remaining preferred stock pays 5 percent dividends but lacks voting power. The board will meet early next month to choose a location, likely in the Fenway near Brookline line, with the City Hospital criticized for treating nonpaying patients.
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Boston
Arthur T. Cabot
City
Back Bay
City Hospital
Fenway
Brooke Line
Ladies' Auxiliary Elects Officers After Mt Sinai Meeting
The annual meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary of Mt Sinai Out Patient Hospital on Stamford Street met at the Warren Club rooms in Dorchester. Lectures were given by Lehman Pickett Rabbi H H Rabenowitz and Dr S A Moulton. Officers elected included Mrs E Feiberman president and several vice presidents, treasurer, and secretaries. Refreshments followed the vote.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Mt. Sinai
Stamford Street
Warren Club Rooms
Dorchester
Lehman Pickett
H. H. Rabenowitz
Temple Mishkan Tefila
S. A. Moulton
E. Feiberman
R. R. Jacobs
J. Goldinger
Edna G. Spitz
Edna M. Pickett
I. K. E. Prager
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