New Haven Cuts 2000 Train Miles Daily for Savings
New Haven railroad officials announce a plan to save about $720,000 yearly by curtailing non paying trains across the system effective Sept 27. The cut reduces daily operating mileage by about 2000 miles, with most reductions on local routes and mid day trains, while the New York to Boston Owl Express remains the main sleeper service for long distance traffic.
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New Haven
Howard Elliot
Eliott
New York
Boston
Mansfield
Ioxboro
Sharon
Canton Junction
Readville
Hyde Park
Bank Commissioner Declares No Hoarding Here
Bank Commissioner Augustus L Thorndike said in reply to Secretary McAdoo that Massachusetts banks are not hoarding money. He stated he conducted a careful investigation after the Sept 24 telegram and found none of the Commonwealth’s banking organizations hoarding a considerable amount of currency.
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Augustus L Thorndike
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Massachusetts
Thorndike
Bay State
Commonwealth
Semary seeks $5000 legacy from Bancroft will
Lasell Seminary of Auburndale moved to recover a five thousand dollar legacy from the will of Charlotte A. K. Bancroft of Wellesley. Eliot N. Jones, trustee, is named as defendant in Suffolk Superior Court.
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Lasell Seminary
Auburndale
Superior Court
Suffolk County
Charlotte A. K. Bancroft
Wellesley
Eliot N. Jones
Planning for Peace in Mexico
Washington dispatches outline likely immediate outcomes from Mexico City and Aguascalientes conventions. Carranza delegates may adjourn to join Villa and Zapata at Aguascalientes Oct 5. aim to settle factions and appoint a provisional president with elections. U.S. expects Vera Cruz troop stay till Carranza Villa settlement restores order. White House held talks on the Mexican crisis.
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Mexico City
Aguascalientes
Constitutionalists
Carranza
Villa and Zapata
Vera Cruz
Funston
Carranza- Villa
Republic
Wilson
Bryan and
Daniels
Whits House
Silliman
Villa
Zapata
Lynn Scared by Firebugs
Two incendiary fires in Lynn last evening, 100 yards apart, trigger a search for a firebug eight months after a spree of 21 fires. At 47 Shepard Street a blaze in a front room and kitchen closet endangered Mrs. Margaret Thornton and her baby, both revived after rescue. the fire, likely started by climbing through a porch window, caused under $500 damage. Earlier blaze at 6 Olsen Place showed two separate fires in closet spaces. Ruben Stitterman family fled later return. Stitterman woman said to be in serious fright.
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Lynn
Ruben Stitterman
Olsen Place
Shepard Street
Margaret Thornton
Charles Burrill
Samuel Zancheck
Stitterman
Cambridge
Woman Risked Life to Save Gardener from Blaze
Mrs Frederick H Kennard of Newton Centre rushed from her home with a rug to smother burning kerosene oil flames on gardener Joseph Cincotti. He died at Newton Hospital the same night after the explosion in the Kennard estate garage.
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Frederick H. Kennard
Dudley Road
Newton Centre
Boston
Joseph Cincotti
Cincotti
Mary Hergel
Waters
Commonwealth Avenue
Boylston Street
Thompsonville
Newton
Fines Wife for Slap in Girl's Face
Mrs. Mary J. Every of Jamaica Plain was fined $10 by Judge Duff in Police Court for assault and battery on Miss Josephine Walsh during a September incident. Every appealed and was held for Superior Court trial, stating she acted to defend marital rights amid alleged behind in payments.
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Mary J. Every
Hall Street
Jamaica Plain
John Every
Boston Elevated Company
Duff
Josephine Walsh
Copps Hill Terrace
North End
Miss Walsh
Mrs. Every
Gardner M Lane Dying After Hospital Operation
Gardner M. Lane of Lee Higginson and Company and president of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts board, and treasurer of the Massachusetts Red Cross, was reportedly sinking at Dr Reynolds private hospital after intestinal inflammation surgery. He had been ill three weeks and was not expected to live many hours.
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Gardner M. Lane
Lee, Higginson and Company
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Massachusetts
National Red Cross
Lane
Reynolds
Roxbury Pastor Called to San Francisco
The Rev. Paul Smith, pastor of Dorchester Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church of West Roxbury since 1910, has accepted a call from Central Church in San Francisco and will depart for the west in December. His leadership saw the 1912 fire that destroyed the church and the subsequent rebuilding of a new edifice valued at over $50,000.
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Paul Smith
Dorchester Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
West Roxbury
Central Church
San Francisco
West
Smith
Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church of
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1200 in steerage start for Italy today
The White Star liner Canopic sails at 11 for Naples with about 1200 steerage passengers, mostly Italians, the largest outgoing number since the war began. Few cabin and second class passengers aboard. United States consul at Malaga, Hon Percival Gosset, will sail aboard.
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Europe
Naples
Percival Gosset
United States
Malaga
Spain
Another Action Against the Steamship Cecilie
Portland Me October 2 Civil action against the German steamship Kronprinzessin Cecille now at Bar Harbor will not be limited to the salt of New York bankers for damages on account of the failure to deliver gold bullion in Europe. Charles W Rantoul Jr of New York a passenger petitions to intervene with a claim for 5000 damages for not reaching Plymouth England A hearing will be held next Thursday.
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Portland
Kronprinzessin Cecille
Bar Harbor
New York
Europe
Charles W. Rantoul, Jr
Plymouth
England
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