Mayor Surprised as Finance Commission Skips Notices
The Finance Commission received two communications from Mayor Fitzgerald yesterday but took no official action by midnight. Secretary Farley says it is unclear if the commission will respond. The mayor criticizes the panel for not acting after a circular prohibiting wage assignments by city employees was issued last year. The notice to department heads was served November 15, 1906.
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City Finance Commission Highlights Wage Assignments and School Expansion Debate
The Finance Commission warns that 372 city employees have assigned salaries and notes several council members engaged in the practice in violation of law. Mayor Fitzgerald responds that he will pursue action to end it and discusses Harvard and Boston College investigations into Mechanic Arts High School expansion. The commission plans hearings on assessors and institutional management on Deer and Long Islands. The Mayor asks the commission to require Senator Lodge to substantiate his claims.
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Brooks
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Deer
Long Islands
Senator Lodge
Boy Confesses Hatchet Killing of 9 Year Old
Camden county prosecutor released details of a confession by 16 year old Joseph Wood who said he maltreated 9 year old Ethel Marx and killed her with a hatchet. The body was found last Saturday in a brush lot covered with rubbish.
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Ethel Marx
Seovel
Kellogg Details Standard Oil Transformation From Trust to Jersey Firm
From ledgers found in Standard Oil offices, Frank B. Kellogg outlined the stages of the company’s evolution from the old Standard Oil trust to the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. The federal case recordings reflect the procedural path and key changes in corporate structure.
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Standard Oil Company
Frank B. Kellogg
United States
Oil Combine
Standard Oil Trust
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Legal Case Details on Standard Oil Trust Dissolution
Governmental counsel argues Standard Oil remained under same ownership via complex trust structure with 70 million dollars in trust certificates at inception and 97.25 million capitalization after stock dividends and plant purchases. Witness Clarence G Fay notes 64 subsidiaries consolidated post dissolution order and 494 619 certificates canceled for pro rata shares in 20 subsidiaries.
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New Jersey
Wreck at Revere Station Slows Newburyport Express
Slippery rails derailed the passenger engine and five freight cars at Revere station as the Newburyport express from Boston arrived yesterday. Engineer James Cameron was injured slightly and praised for staying at his post as the train crashed into the freight cars. Passengers were shaken but none seriously hurt. an emergency brake was applied but the derailment occurred before switch points could be changed in the heavy rain. An engine replacement and hour delay followed while a wrecking crew cleared the scene near the 1872 telescope tragedy site.
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Revere
Newburyport
James Cameron
Express
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Cameron
Boston conventions clash over sheriff race and GOP slate
Several party meetings in Boston focus on sheriff and probate races. Democrats target James Donovan and Fred Seavey for sheriff with lines drawn by Sen Linehan and supporters. Republicans see seven contenders for district attorney and back Berry after a push to favor Hill. Also a quiet wedding in Cambridge unites Miss Alice Thompson and Wilson Fisher before a move to Yucatan.
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Malachi Jennings
Richard Sullivan
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John Richardson
Jesserove
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Clarence Rowley
Frederick J. Daggett
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Arthur D. Hill
Jon K. Berry
Alice Thompson
Edward H. Thompson
Yucatan
Wilson Fisher
Marshall
Standard Oil Company
Oxford Street
Cambridge
Woodman Bradbury
New York
Merida
Rats Run Salem Jail With Relentless Plague Of Rodents
Salem officials vow to curb the jail rat problem after a long week of vermin raids. A physician, a new trap, and baited attempts failed as rats continue to raid meals and outsmart the trap with clever tactics and even a hat pin.
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Medford Woman Wins $1000 Board Bill Verdict
Lavinia R. Palmer won a 1000 verdict against the estate of Katherine Mulloy in Superior Court. The case claimed reimbursement for board and clothing supplied to Mulloy from 1899 to 1903.
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Medford
Katherine Mulloy
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Wellesley Dedicates New High School Building
The town of Wellesley dedicated its new high school this afternoon after its $125,000 construction. Principal Selden L. Bram gave the deeds and keys to Board of Selectmen Chairman George A. Sweetzer, who passed them to school committee Chairman Victor H. Loring. Hon. Carroll D. Wright of Worcester delivered the address on the relation of modern industry to intellectual development. The building is praised as one of the finest in the state and a model of its kind.
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Selden L. Bram
George A. Sweetzer
Board of Selectmen
Victor H. Loring
Carroll D. Wright
Worcester
Clark College
Ring case ends with jail for Barnard Kaplan
Barnard Kaplan was adjudged in contempt of court by Judge Richardson in the equity motion session of the Superior Court. He was committed to jail after allegedly purchasing a ring on the instalment plan, defaulting on payments, and failing to return the ring when ordered.
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Brookline Football Delayed By Rain. Next Game Against Dorchester Planned
Brookline was set to face Mechanic Arts yesterday but Mechanic Arts did not show. Coach Carrell has built a strong Brookline team and anticipates a game with Dorchester Thursday, replacing DeMerritte.
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Weathered Warning Not Yet Snowing Urges Overcoat Buy
An ad from I. A. Gray Co. invites shoppers to buy English Kersey overcoats and silk satin lined coats in multiple colors with prices ranging from $8 to $45 and a sale price $9.90. See them in the window at Washington and Hanover.
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Gray's Overcoat Sale in Boston Tightens Bargains
Gray's Co at Washington and Hanover advertises fall overcoats at 3.90 to 5.90 and wholesale prices 10 to 12. Fine jerseys and meltons priced 9.90 to 11.90, claim to be worth double. Large sale of suits overcoats and pants touted with window displays.
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KF. Gray Co
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