Rockefeller official disrupts Colorado strike inquiry
Washington May 24 W L MacKenzie King director of the Rockefeller Foundations industrial relations department and former Canadian cabinet officer interrupted his testimony before the Federal Industrial Relations Commission to denounce the methods of Chairman Walsh in conducting the inquiry into the Colorado strike.
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Washington
W. L. MacKenzie King
Rockefeller Foundation
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
Walsh
Colorado
Testimony in Rockefeller hearings reveals labor criticism and tension
Witnesses clash with Chairman Walsh over hearing conduct amid questions on John D. Rockefeller Jr. and the Colorado coal field plan. D. M. Bowers defends labor stance, recounts efforts to ease strife and asserts independence from Rockefeller influence.
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Walsh
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
King
Foundation
Rockefeller
Colorado
Gasolene Boat Fleet Doomed By Fire Safety Plan
Fire Prevention Commissioner John A. O Keefe proposed a fire proof building on the new fish pier breakwater to house gasoline and oil agencies. At a port directors hearing he outlined a plan to create a safe isolated station for boat owners to refuel, threatening the five old gasolene boats anchored in Boston harbor with closure.
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Boston
John A. O'Keefe
O'Keefe
Fish Pier
Burial Today in Old Granary with Historic Tomb Opening
Miss Sarah J. Staples, formerly of this city and late of Cherryfield Maine, will be buried in the Old Granary Burial Ground on Tremont Street at 9 this morning. The tomb No. 89, built when Captain Thomas Addams her great great grandfather died, will be opened for the first time since 1880. Funeral and burial arrangements are handled by Morris O. B. Campbell of Wellesley, a grand nephew of Miss Staples.
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Sarah J. Staples
Cherryfield
Tremont Street
Thomas Addams
Miss Staples
Thomas Addams Staples
Morris O. B. Campbell
Wellesley
Election to Harvard Dining Council Chooses Three
At the annual college election, students at Foxcroft Hall elected James D. Crichton of Syracuse New York William A Gordon of Plymouth Massachusetts and John E Tomajan of Worcester Massachusetts to serve on the Harvard dining council for the 1915 16 year.
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Foxcroft Hall
James D. Crichton
Syracuse
N. Y
William A.gordon
Plymouth
John E. Tomajan
Worcester
Postal extension moves Roxbury block to Jamaica Plain station
Postmaster Murray announced that the southwest Roxbury postal block bounded by Marbury Amory and Atherton streets and the New Haven railroad will be annexed to the Jamaica Plain station. A street letter box will be placed at Amory and Atherton streets and another at Amory and Bragdon streets.
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Murray
Roxbury
Marbury, Amory and Atherton Streets
New Haven
Jamaica Plain
Amory and
Atherton Streets
Bragdon Streets
Unitarian Speakers Question Billy Sunday Tactics
At a Cambridge Unitarian conference session two speakers assailed Billy Sunday’s revival methods as hewing to slang and saloon idioms. Addison Moore urged forum openness to avert evils, while Addison Burnham proposed welfare clubs to lobby on state bills.
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Billy Sunday
Unitarian Conference
Addison Moore
D. D
Schenectady
N. Y
First
Cambridge
Jonathan Edwards
Addison C. Burnham
Unitarian Church
Samuel McChord Crothers
John Haynes Holmes
New York
South Congregational Church
Crothers
Christopher Eliot
Bulfinch Place Church
W. S. Nichols
Deerfield
Laymen Hear Calls for Active Parish Life at Unitarian Meeting
At the National League of Unitarian Laymen annual gathering at the Twentieth Century Club the speakers urged revitalizing churches through men’s clubs open forums and direct outreach to the street. Rev Casson praised clubs as democracy in action while Dr Moore blamed nationalism for war and called for global unity.
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Charles W. Casson
Roslindale
National League of Unitarian
Twentieth Century Club
Billy Sunday
Moore
George W. Coleman
Addison C. Burnham
Newton
Casson
Unitarian Church
Women's Alliance
Goleman
Ford Hall
Paterson Sends $26 935 for Billy Sunday Farewell
Paterson New Jersey crowds contributed 26 935 dollars for Billy Sunday’s farewell, plus a 24 000 dollar draft. total gifts reached 29 935 09 as Sunday travels toward Winona Lake Indiana after a Philadelphia stop at Bethany Presbyterian Church.
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Paterson
N. J
Billy
City Hall
North Jersey
Winona Lake
Ind
Philadelphia
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Kaiser Guest at B Company Novel Neutrality Stunt
B Company First Corps Cadets staged before and after drill parties to display neutrality amid European war. The Kaiser impersonator attended an Essex street German restaurant dinner, watched drill at the armory, then joined a Georgian room festival with veterans and other members in attendance.
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First Corps
Kaltser
Essex Street
Armory
Georgian
Censorship on All Telegrams to Italy
New York May 24 announcement states that deferred telegrams to and from Italy or transmissions through Italy are no longer admitted.
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Italy
New York
Italy to Seize $20 Million in Prize Ships
Rome dispatch says Austrian and German ships in Italian ports now hold prize status and are valued at more than 20 million dollars, reflecting wartime seizures.
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Rome
Paris
Italians Living in U S Not Called to Arms by Italy
At the Italian embassy in Washington officials disclaimed any government call on American citizens born in Italy to return home and take up arms. Naturalized Americans may, if they choose, travel to Italy unarmed and individually without violating neutrality laws.
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Washington
New York
Italy
Italy Calls Italian Americans to Enlist in Military Service
Officials note the call applies to naturalized Italians in the United States since no Italy US naturalization treaty exists. Citizens may not expatriate and face penalties if they later fall under Italian jurisdiction. Enlistment outside the US is not expected to trigger neutrality concerns for those regarded as reservists.
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United States
Italy
Plan a Western trip via Burlington and Great Northern ships
Travel coast to coast with daylight routes from Chicago and St. Louis on the Burlington through Denver Colorado Springs Pikes Peak Royal Gorge and Salt Lake City. Then sail from San Francisco to Portland on a Great Northern Pacific steamer and visit Glacier or Yellowstone on the return. Agent Alex Stocks offers free planning and informative materials.
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California
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pikes Peak
Royal Gorge
Salt Lake City
Burlington
Chicago
St. Louis
Expositions
San Francisco
Portland
Oregon
Glacier National Park
Yellowstone Park
West
Alex
Stocks
New England
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Sinking of Russian Man of War In Black Sea Reported
The Overseas News Agency cites a Bucharest despatch claiming the Russian armored warship Winterleimon, likely the Panteleimon, has been sunk in the Black Sea with about 1400 lives lost. The vessel, built in 1897, was 378 feet long with a normal crew around 740 men, though wartime losses could raise this number.
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Berlin
Sayville
N. Y
Today
Bucharest
Black Sea
Panteleimon
Specifications of the vessel’s armament and size
The warship carried a 12,582 ton displacement and an arsenal of four 12 inch guns, sixteen 6 inch guns, four 3 inch guns, six 3 pounders and five torpedo tubes, detailing its firepower and design.
France Buys Horses in St. Louis Market
In East St Louis on May 24, French government representatives began filling an order for 20,000 horses. France has already bought 30,000 horses at this market. Italy’s representatives completed a purchase of 11,500 horses on Saturday, having previously bought 8,000. British agents have bought 30,000 horses and hold a standing weekly order for 11,200.
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East ST. Louis
France
Italy
United States Handles Diplomatic Interests in War Footnotes
Secretary Bryan announced the United States has assumed the diplomatic interests of Italy in Austria and of Austria in Serbia and at Cairo. He said these are the only new arrangements so far tied to Italy entering the war.
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Washington
Bryan
United States
Italy
Austria
Serbia
Cairo
Egypt
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