Draper Signals Veto on Merger Bill Amid Rail Labor Push
Railroad workers push a bill allowing Boston & Maine stock voting by New Haven for two years, with safeguards to force stock back if no further legislation passes. Dr Faxon optimistic the measure will be signed and move from committee to Senate, while Louis Brandeis doubts House passage.
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House
New Haven
Boston & Maine
Dr. Faxon
Senate
Louis D. Brandeis
Brandeis
Mellen Accepts Service in Case Against New Haven Plan
President Charles S. Mellen of the New York New Haven Hartford line accepted service for all defendants except the Boston and Maine in a bill in equity in U S Circuit Court to separate the New Haven from trolley lines and stock in the Boston and Maine. Chief Deputy Charles Morse served the papers at the South Station office. Service continues on the Boston and Maine the next day. Byrnes vows the New Haven authorities will fight to the last ditch. Defendants must appear in Boston by July 6 and respond by Aug 3 with further replies due by Sept 14.
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Charles S. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
United States
New Haven Company
Mellen
South Station
Charles Morse
Charles F. Choate, Jr
Boston & Maine
Byrnes
Post
New Haven
United States Circuit Court
Boston
Cambridge Drivers Hurt by Rampaging Horse
Two Cambridge drivers were injured after a 1300 pound white horse named Baby kicked driver John Sullivan as he unharnessed the patrol wagon after transporting Edward Gangham to Cambridge Relief Hospital. Gangham also suffered injuries when Truck 2 responded, being knocked unconscious as the apparatus turned onto Western avenue.
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Cambridge
John Sullivan
Edward Gangham
Cambridge Fire Department
Gangham
Sullivan
Fire Department
Cambridge Street
Western Avenue
Evelyn Thaw Seeks to Discontinue Annulment Suit
The Thaw case moves toward dropping the annulment action as Referee Deyo will report a discontinuance. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw says continued litigation could affect Harry Thaw’s interests while he seeks liberty. O'Reilly and Bartlett present contrasting statements on motives and maintenance.
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Devo
O’reilly
Thaw
Morschauser
Harry K. Thaw
Deyo
Harvard Students Rally Behind Proposed Undergraduate Council
Harvard undergraduates praise a newly proposed council with potential influence over athletics. Four class presidents would sit on the body, while other members depend on whether the council forms this year or next. A mass meeting at Harvard Union tonight gauges student approval and broad support for the plan.
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Harvard
Harvard Union
Whitmore Trial Sheds Light on Fatal Lamp Black Swamp Case
In Jersey City a dramatic trial unfolds for Theodore S. Whitmore accused of killing his wife near Lamp Black Swamp. Frank J. May testifies seeing a man who labeled another as a cheap skate after a failed return fare dispute at 1:40 a.m. on the night of the slaying.
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New York
Jersey City
Theodore S. Whitmore
Frank J. May
Pennsylvania Railroad
Witness Testimony Delivers Dramatic Courtroom Moment
A witness testified he saw Whitmore in the crowd and heard him remark. Whitmore moved within ten feet of the witness and challenged him to look again. Mrs. Salter testified she last saw her daughter on Christmas Eve and noted Whitmore’s Christmas Day visit for a phonograph.
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Whitmore
Simpson
Susan Salter
Seclusion at Salem as Mrs Thaw plans estate battle
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw checks into Hotel Rockingham Salem with plans to remain briefly before moving to a rented cottage. She intends to pursue control of her husband’s estate while staying in the area for most of the summer, with her lawyer signaling she will not contact him again. The hotel, popular in summer, sits near the town’s short lived racecourse linked to prohibition on bookmaking and ensuing bankruptcy.
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O'Reilly
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry Thaw
Pittsburg
Franklin Bartlett
William Thaw
Bartlett
Evelyn Thaw
Rockingham
Salem
N. H
Heat Wave Sweeps Boston Shattering One More Summer Day
A brutal heat wave hit Boston hardest among northern cities yesterday with a sweltering dawn and rising temperatures. New York reached 82 degrees while Albany saw 86 and Portland Maine 74 as Nantucket recorded 56 by 8 p.m. The weatherman predicts a day of showers with little relief and a continued hot spell.
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Boston
New York City
Albany
Portland
Nantucket
Million Dollar Shaft To Lincoln Proposed
A bill in Washington proposes a million dollar monument to Abraham Lincoln with a four million dollar park setting. The idea originated with Representative McCall of Massachusetts, and was reported to the House by the committee on library.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
House
Committee On Library
McCall
Massachusetts
School Grounds Question Delays New Elementary in Charlesbank
Mayor Hibbard with the Schoolhouse Commission observed the Charlesbank gym grounds as a proposed site for an elementary school. The Schoolhouse Commission favors the location while the park commissioners oppose it. Both agree a school is badly needed. legislative action would grant power to locate the school on the site.
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Schoolhouse Commission
Hibbard
Charlesbank Gymnasium
Park Commissioners
Rich Westerner to Aid Worcester Boy Soprano
Worcester May 26 A friend of the Lynch family W S Mosier of Wabash Ind wealthy head of the Pioneer Hat Manufacturing Company plans to fund the musical education of 14 year old Walter Lynch in Worcester His voice range is remarkable and he will study at Mosier s home to prepare for college
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Worcester
Lynch
W. S. Mosier
Wabash
Ind
Pioneer Hat Manufacturing Company
Walter Lynch
Mr. Mosier
Recount Ordered of Hearst McClellan Ballots
New York voters watch as ballot boxes from the 1905 McClellan Hearst contest are opened and counted by court order in a historic recount.
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Hearst-M’clellan
New York
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