Woman Appeals to Court to Spare Boys From Jail
Mrs. Malachi Cook of 7 Dresser Street South Boston asked Judge Duff in Police Court yesterday to keep her son Malachi 18 and her nephew Patrick Rich 4 from prison. The pair faced charges of unlawfully taking a motor boat owned by James Mahoney at Water Tower 2 Bristol Street. Mahoney testified he could not rule out the boat drifting from its mooring.
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Malachi Cook
Dresser Street
Boston
Duff
Malachi
Patrick Rich
James Mahoney
Water Tower 2
Bristol Street
Mahoney
Judge Duff Probes Records in Youth Case
Judge Duff inquired into the boys records and found Cook had a prior term. The probation officer said Rich was arrested for larceny, but Rich denied the charge. The case was continued until Saturday with both held on $200 bonds.
Alaska coal land leasing bill revived by Wilson and Lane
Washington Oct 15 The Alaska coal land leasing bill, once declared dead, has been revived at the urging of President Wilson and Secretary Lane as part of broader legislative action. The move signals renewed congressional attention to Alaska’s mineral resources and federal land use.
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Washington
Alaska
Wilson
Lane
Law awaits presidential signature after smooth House passage
The administration's programme of this session awaits the President's signature to become a law. It passed the final ordeal in the House today with virtually no opposition.
Steamer Almirante Floated After Grounding Near Colombia
A wireless despatch from Oct 15 reports United Fruit steamer Almirante, aground near Puerto Colombia, has been floated this morning and is en route to Puerto Colombia. The vessel had been stuck prior to the floatation.
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Colon
United Fruit Company
Almirante
Puerto Colombia
Whirligig pursuit of pickpocket in Copley Square
In Dartmouth street near the Copley Plaza a pickpocket grabbed a pocketbook from an elderly man and fled. A rapid chase ensued with a street car conductor close behind as hundreds joined on foot and by car. The thief leaped an outbound New Haven train at Huntington Avenue station to escape.
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Dartmouth Street
Copley Plaza
New Haven
Huntington Avenue
Copley Square
Copley Square Crossing
Pocketbook Snatch Ends With Escaped Thief on Train
A man about 30 snatched $380 in American and $20 in Canadian money from Robert A. Johnson, 76, on a Boylston Street car. The pursuers chased him through a hotel and a busy station. he leaped fences and boarded a moving New Haven train toward Pawtucket, escaping as crowds shouted in vain.
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Robert A. Johnson
St. John
N. B
Boylston Street
Copley Plaza
Dartmouth Street
Stuart Street
Heart Shaped Love Apple Tomato Sent by Hudson Man
Edward L. Robinson of Hudson New Hampshire sent a tomato he grew to the Post. He notes it started round but grew into a heart shape with deep red color. The tomato is small about the size of a thumbnail and recalls the grandmother name Love Apple.
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Cupid
Edward L. Robinson
Hudson
N. H
Mr. Robinson
Edward I. Robinson
Hudson, N. H
Father and Daughter Battle Over Furniture in Equity Suit
Thomas J. Welch files a bill in equity in Superior Court claiming his daughter Anna V. Welch cannot remove furniture and household effects from his five room apartment at 15 Folsom Street. He says the belongings were purchased with his money and not his late wife’s. she asserts title via her mother’s gift.
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Thomas J. Welch
Anna V. Welch
Folsom Street
Welch
Body of man found in harbor near Constitution Wharf
An unidentified male body was recovered yesterday from the harbor near Constitution Wharf, similar to a Monday find. The 45 year old man, about 5 feet 10 inches, 180 pounds, with red hair and mustache, wore a black coat and trousers, blue underwear, brown cotton shirt, black belt and shoes. Medical Examiner Magrath viewed the body and it was sent to City Hospital Morgue.
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Constitution Wharf
Magrath
City Hospital
McCall Criticizes Democrats At Pittsfield Rally
Samuel W. McCall Republican candidate for Governor condemned the Wilson administration for failing to live up to its economy pledge in the Baltimore platform. Grafton D. Cushing, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, accused Boston Democrats of dominating the state Legislature.
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Pittsfield
Samuel W. McCall
Wilson
McCall
Baltimore
Grafton D. Cushing
Boston
Boston Charter Debate Highlights Democratic Log Rolling Claims
The speaker accuses Democrats of log rolling to push the city charter amendment. He cites McCall's tour from Greenfield to Pittsfield and references Fitzgerald and the Baltimore platform urging economy. He notes current year expenditures near 1.1 billion dollars and attacks Republican fiscal restraint. He describes three-way legislative factionalism and vote trading centered on the Boston charter.
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Boston
McCall
Deerfield
Sunderland
Northampton
Holyoke
Westfield
Chester
Greenfield
Pittsfield
Washington
Fitzgerald
Committee On Appropriations
House
Baltimore
Cushing
Hold Egg Dealer as Fugitive From Justice
Harry Weisman, wanted in Jersey City as a fugitive from justice, was arrested in Dorchester by U S Deputy Marshal Tighe. Weisman and about a dozen others are indicted in New Jersey for conspiracy to violate the Pure Food and Drugs Act in shipments of stale eggs by the Western Tanners Egg Yoke Co. Weisman was held in $2000 bail by United States Commissioner Hayes, unable to furnish it.
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Harry Weisman
Jersey City
Dorchester
United States
Tighe
Welsman
New Jersey
Western Tanners’ Egg Yoke Company
Hayes
Man Injured Stopping a Runaway Horse in Cambridge
One man, William O Connor, city building inspector, was injured when he grabbed a runaway horse in Central Square Cambridge at noon. He fractured his ankle and suffered cuts after seizing the horse near the neck to stop it. The horse bolted through Essex Street to Massachusetts Avenue amid pedestrians before two policemen finally restrained it. O Connor was taken to the Relief Hospital.
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Central Square
Cambridge
William O’connor
Austin Street
Essex Street
Massachusetts Avenue
O'Connor
Big cargo of grain to be sent to Italy
Italy prepares for war by sending a large cargo of grain from the city next Tuesday aboard the steamer Palermo. The shipment is consigned to the Italian government and represents the largest single cargo yet handled.
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Italy
Palermo
Grain shipment from port to Italy sets oat export record
A historic voyage leaves the port carrying 160,000 bushels of oats and 72,000 bushels of macaroni wheat to Italy. This marks the first ever export of oats from the city to Italy.
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Italy
Parker Heir Seeks $75,000 From Boston Estate
Clark Parker now of Winthrop, formerly Pasadena, California, heir to Benjamin W. Parker of Boston, asks the court to order New England Trust Co to pay $75,000. He claims over $89,000 in income has accrued during the litigation. No decision was reached.
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Clark Parker
Winthrop
Pasadena
California
Benjamin W. Parker
Boston
New England Trust Company
Former President of Typos Found Dead
James W. Cameron longtime leader of Boston Typographical Union 183 was found dead in bed yesterday morning at his home 28 Myrtle Street Medford. He was well known among Boston printers and had visited the city Wednesday.
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James W. Cameron
Boston Typographical Union 183
Myrtle Street
Medford
Cameron
Boston
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