Trial status clash over 24 indictments against New England Telephone
District Attorney Moran and Attorney Hurlburt argued in Superior Criminal Court over timing for the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company trial on 24 indictments alleging employment incentives from politicians. Judge Brown set October 17 as trial date and listed names of employees tied to recommendations from city and state officials.
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Moran
Henry F. Hurlburt
Superior Criminal Court
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Boston Food Fair Opens With Weights and Measures Spotlight
Thousands attend the Mechanics' building opening as Governor Guild touts a new state weights and measures department and pure food safeguards. Mayor Fitzgerald, President Humphrey, and John W. Cole address crowds amid exhibits from Massachusetts and Canada plus diverse entertainment and a Marine Band performances.
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Mechanics
Press Association
Governor Guild
Fitzgerald
Humphrey
Association
John W. Cole
Cole
Boston
America
Commonwealth
Department of Weights and Measures
Massachusetts
State Department
Purple Mother Shortens Trip in New York
Mrs. Katherine Tingley head of the Universal Brotherhood theosophists ends foreign tour to rush back to New York for reconciliation with her estranged brother James Wescott a wealthy Newburyport shipbuilder heir. Wescott once ran a Boston club in a Stetson building with Davie Blanchard.
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New York
Katherine Tingley
Universal Brotherhood
James Wescott
Newburyport
Mass
Wescott
Boston
John Stetson
Davie Blanchard
Richard Canfield
Mrs Holton Discharged in Somerville Court
Mrs Jane E Holton, charged with disturbing the peace at the Derby Desk Company office in Somerville on Sept 9, was discharged by Judge Wentworth in the Somerville police court yesterday morning. She is wife of the Derby Desk Company's factory superintendent.
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Jane E. Holton
Derby Desk Company
Somerville
Wentworth
Holton
Rebels Beaten by Peruvians Near Piura
A large band of Ecuadorian rebels was defeated by a Peruvian police detachment near Piura Peru about 210 miles south by west of Guayaquil The rebels planned to invade Ecuador hoping for heavy reinforcements after crossing the frontier which failed under Peruvian action.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Piura
Peru
Missing Charlestown man reunited by Post notices
Mrs. B. McEleney writes praise for the Post after a missing man, John T. McEleney of 11 Park Street, Charlestown, was found through a Saturday notice. The paper’s publicity aided the family in locating him after he had been missing since the previous Wednesday.
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Post
Court frees hotel men after bail hearing
On a complaint by William W. Scott of Woburn and Louis F. Baldwin of 6 Beacon Street, both colored, Frank L. Robbins owner of the Quincy House and clerks Charles W. Andrews and Thomas J. Murphy appeared before Judge Ely in the Municipal Criminal Court. They were charged with refusing rooms and entertainment to the defendants on September 19. The judge discharged the defendants after hearing the evidence.
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William WH. Scott
Woburn
Louis F. Baldwin
Beacon Street
Frank L. Robbins
Quincy House
Charles W. Andrews
Thomas J. Murphy
Ely
Municipal Criminal Court
Labor Notes From Boston Unions Report on Meetings and Elections
A round up of last night’s union activities in Boston includes the Boston Pattern Makers Association electing Nicholas Paulson as president and L Powers as secretary, with the retiring board to banquet at Hotel Napoli. Bricklayers Union 3 called a special meeting for next Monday at Hollis Hall to discuss trade matters. BE Clancy of San Francisco addressed Housesmiths and Structural Iron Workers Union 7, noting ironworkers’ strenuous work. Daniel Mannix resigned as Boston Horse Shoers Union 5 secretary. Lawrence Keefe elected successor. Patrick Clough named chairman of the board of trustees. Boston Association 12, N A 8 E plans its 12th anniversary at Paul Revere Hall in November. Lodge 264 Boston Machinists hosts a benefit for Providence machinists at Wells Memorial Hall on Oct 25. William H. O’Brien spoke at Boston branch of Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks at 164 Canal Street. Journeymen Tailors Union 12 votes on amendments to international by laws as referendum. locals vote. Wharf and Bridge Carpenters Union rejects changes to current employer agreements. Shop and Mill Hands Union 1410 discussed several important matters at last night’s meeting.
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Boston Pattern Makers’ Association
Nicholas Paulson
L. €. Powers
Hotel Napoli
Hollis Hall
Bricklayers’ Union
BE. J. Clancy
San Francisco
International Bridge and Structural
Boston Association
N. A
Paul Revere Hall
Lodge 264
Boston Machinists
Providence
Wells Memorial ‘Hall
William H. O’brien
Boston
Gommermerelal ‘Telegraphers
Boston Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks
Canal Street
Journeymen Tailors’ Union
Bride Finds Boston Broker Dead in Bed After 12 Days
A bride of 12 days found her husband, a Boston broker, dead in bed yesterday afternoon. Police reported no signs of foul play and the death is being investigated as a possible natural cause or accidental.
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Boston
Sleeping Husband Found Dead in Malden Home
Malden on October seventh mystery surrounds the death of Harry FE Wakefield aged 34 of 156 Ferry street found dead on his bed by his wife, married a week. Native of Gardiner Missouri, he recently moved to the city. Dr Fulton cited heart disease as cause, Dr Durrell ordered autopsy at Ward's morgue.
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Malden
Harry FE. Wakefield
Ferry Street
Gardiner
Fulton
Wakefield
Durrell
Ward
Keyes Denies Bribe Offer Amid Fire Dept Controversy
Former East Boston District Chief Keyes disputes yesterday’s Post report claiming a $500 promotion bribe. He says no such offer occurred and he would have faced severe repercussions if he had made a false claim.
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Post
Keyes
East Boston
Boston Fire Department
Finance Commission
Painter Held on Kidnapping Charge in Maine
Byron B. Durgin of Portland is held for the grand jury in Biddeford on a charge of inveigling Elizabeth Laughlin of Bradbury Street to Boston with the promise of marriage. Laughlin testified she traveled to Boston with Durgin, learned he was married, and that he used an assumed name. Durgin, a Portland painter, was employed by the Boston Elevated Railroad when arrested after his wife discovered him two days earlier.
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Biddeford
Elizabeth Laughlin
Bradbury Street
Boston
Byron B. Durgin
Portland
Durgin
Old Orchard
Katie
Boston Elevated Railroad
Labor Peace Fund Aims for Million Dollar Drive
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oswald Straus calls trustees of the foundation for the promotion of industrial peace to meet in Washington on November 9. They will organize for active work and seek public contributions to augment the $40,000 Nobel Peace Prize gifted by President Roosevelt as a starting fund. The project targets about a million dollars, with trustees including the Chief Justice, cabinet secretaries, Marvin Hughitt, Seth Low, Thomas G. Bush, John Mitchell, and public representatives Ralph M. Easley Marcus M. Marks Archbishop John Ireland.
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Washington, DD. C
Oscar L. Straus
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
The
Foundation For the Promotion of Industrial Peace
Roosevelt
United States
Agriculture and Commerce and Labor
Marvin Hughitt
Seth Low
Thomas G. Bush
John Mitchell
Ralph M
Vessel Morrill Wreck Tales From a North Atlantic Gale
The Addie Morrill abandoned at sea after a hurricane off the Atlantic coast. Captain Fred Allen of Dighton left due to his wife’s illness. son E W Allen took command but crew deserted. After days of battle the ship sank until rescued by the Admiral Dewey at Port Antonio. Survivors sheltered by the Dewey’s crew expect to return to Boston. The vessel, built 1882 in Rockport Maine, valued at $10,000.
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Port Antonio
Morrill
Rockport
Philadelphia
Rockport Granite Company
Fred Allen
Dighton
Mass
Round Pond
E. W. Allen
Young Allen
Captain Allen
Dewey
Will
Boston
Addie Morrill
T. H. Filtner
Fiitner, Atwood & Co
Commercial Wharf
Wireless test notes Manila signal reach
Marconi experts at Morion observed a receiving cone synchronized with Manila during tests. The USS Philadelphia was reported to have arrived safely at Manila in the South Pacific. The event suggests a possible 4000 mile distance record between Savannah and a South Pacific warship, with synchronized equipment cited as the cause.
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Sydney
Marconi
Morion
Manila
South Pacific
Philadelphia
Marion
Savannah
Taft seeks 5.5 million for army clothing
Washington October 7 Secretary Taft plans to urge Congress to appropriate 5.5 million dollars for military clothing and material for the next fiscal year.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Policeman Charged in Saratoga Park Killing
Brooklyn officer Alfred Shuttleworth was arraigned on charges of shooting and killing Isaac Jaffe age 23 of 1004 Gates avenue after witnesses said Jaffe walked on grass in Saratoga Park and Shuttleworth allegedly clubbed him and tried to flee.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Alfred Shuttleworth
Gates Avenue
Isaac Jaffe
Shuttleworth
Jaffe
Saratoga Park
Arbitration plan approved by committee in Hague session
The Anglo American mandatory arbitration project passed the Hague committee on arbitration by 31 votes to 9. Opponents included Germany Austria Hungary Switzerland Belgium Romania Greece Turkey Bulgaria and Montenegro. Italy Japan and Luxembourg abstained and one delegate was absent.
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The
Hague
Committee On Arbitration
Germany
Austria-Iungary
Switzerland
Belgium
Romania
Greece
Turkey
Bulgaria
Montenegro
Italy
Japan
Luxembourg
Four Year Old Pulls Fire Alarm in West Somerville
Somerville police report a 4-year-old boy was held by an older youth as he opened a fire alarm box in West Somerville and pulled the hook, triggering an alarm with no fire nearby.
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Somerville
West Somerville
Convict Uprising Leaves 22 Dead in Siberia
A gang of convicts en route from Tyumen to Tobolsk attacked guards in Eastern Siberia. Six guards were wounded, guards fired, 22 convicts were killed, and eleven prisoners escaped.
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Tobolsk
Siberia
Tyumen
Long is Friend of Bears in Stamford Conn
Dr William J Long nature writer returns from nine weeks in Maine woods after Roosevelt controversy. He criticizes the president for attacks on him and bears hunting, recounting Roosevelt's bear hunt and urging consistency between hunting and conservation.
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Stamsford, Conn
William J. Long
Roosevelt
Maine Woods
Toes Cut Off in Subway Incident at Park Street
A man named George Hipna, 30, of Newton, was forced from a subway platform at Park Street and thrown onto the tracks. His right foot toes were amputated after hurried treatment at Relief Hospital where doctors performed an instep operation to prevent blood poisoning.
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Park Street
George Hipna
Darling Street
Newton
Hipna
Relief Hospital
Hyams Sued by Woman Over Breach Claim During Futurity Day
In Lexington Kentucky David N C Hyams, Canton stock breeder and mill owner, faced a $50,000 attachment in a breach of promise suit filed by Miss Mary Wren now of Boston. Wren, longtime housekeeper, alleges Hyams planned marriage while he pursued health and trotting horse interests at his Franklin Curtis farm. Foreman Walter Kendall allegedly advised Wren of her deposition as Hyams traveled to Europe.
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Lexington
Douglas
David N. CC. Hyams
Canton
Mary Wren
Boston
Mr. Hyams
Halebrook Manufacturing Company
Lowell
Franklin Curtis
N. Sumner Myrick
Wellesley Hills
Miss Wren
Walter Gordon
Russell Farm
Milton
Hyams
Europe
Edward Kendall
Foreman Kendall
Hyains
Early hunter fined fifty for license violation
Almon W. Howard of Brookline Massachusetts was arraigned at Contoocookville on a hunting without a license charge and fined 50 dollars plus costs.
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Concord
N. H
Almon W. Howard
Brookline
Mass
Contoocookville
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Fred Sharpe
Baldwin
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Gethro
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William N. Hogan
John R. Grinley
Bromberg
Leo S. McCullough
Leo Fl. McCullough
John Flynn
G. M. Clukas
Cambridge
Edward O. Montague
John J. Cosgrove
Edward McBride
Subforeman
G. M. Clikas
Gov. Guild
Mechanics’ Building
Miss Merrit
Daisy Shaw Merrit
Marine Band
Merrit
New England
Ceylon
Orient
William N. Santelmann
Marine Band of Washington
Christ
Grand Hall
Zannis
Punch and Judy
Woman's Department
Inez E. Fox
Exhibition Hall
New England Women's Press Association
C. H. Green
E. H. Rowe
Mrs. Tingley
Court Frees Hotel Men
LABOR
Wharf and Bridge Carpenters’ Union
Union
Harry Wakefield
Beacon Studio
Harry E. Wakefield
Labor Peace
Straus
U. S
Ord
Trodon
the Arbitration Committee
Rosevelt
Clark
Oyster Bay
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Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Edward J. Raney
Cottage Place
Charles W. Reick
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