Lodge Bates Clash Over Gaston Letter in Springfield Rally
In Springfield on Oct 17, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Lieutenant-Governor John L Bates addressed about 800 at the year’s first rally. Bates attacked Gaston’s letter of acceptance as lacking issue discussion while Lodge defended Republican actions on Boston Harbor and state corporation laws, detailing federal and state dredging, land reclamation, and harbor improvements.
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Springfield
Henry Cabot Lodge
John l. Bates
Congress
Massachusetts
Bates
Gaston
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Boston Elevated
Boston Harbor
Boston
Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners
South
Houston
Commonwealth Flat
Goa
United States
Crane
Republican Party
Aston
Roosevelt
Stitt
Majority of Delegates Instructed to Accept Arbitration Plan
Wilkesbarre dispatch reports delegates elected by local unions largely instructed to back President Roosevelt's arbitration plan to end the coal strike. John Mitchell and district presidents push acceptance while Scranton district shows some opposition demanding immediate recall of strikers and dismissal of non union workers.
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Wilkesbarre
Roosevelt
John Mitchell
Scranton
Penn
Miners’ Union
Mitchell
Hughes Found Guilty in Cambridge Murder Trial
The Cambridge jury found George Hughes alias Carter guilty of murder in the second degree and acquitted George H. Blake of all charges. The verdict followed dramatic closing arguments by District Attorney Sanderson and defense counsel Walsh, with Blake leaving promptly after the verdict and Hughes remaining impassive.
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Keefe
Cambridge
George Hughes
Carter
George H. Blake
Hughes
Blake
Sanderson
Lawton
Walsh
Harris
George H. Hughes
Charlestown
President Roosevelt and John Mitchell on Coal Strike Plan
Roosevelt and Mitchell publish a letter agreeing to a commission for resolving the anthracite coal strike. The exchange details appointed commissioners, urging miners to return to work and submit questions to the commission. The letter notes the executive boards will convene and advise a return to positions pending resolution.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Wilkesbarre
Penn
United States
Washington, D. C
United Mine Workers of America
Eminent Authority Endorses Father John’s Medicine
A respected source tracing to Rev. Mother John O’Brien of Lowell, Mass, endorses Father John’s Medicine as a trusted family remedy. It claims to cure colds grip and throat and lung troubles, strengthens the body, and wards off pneumonia and consumption without poisonous drugs or weakening stimulants.
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Father John
John O'Brien
Lowell
Mass
Boston Weekend Forecast With Warmer And Showers
Local forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for Saturday to be far and slightly warmer. Sunday brings partly cloudy to cloudy skies with showers in the afternoon or night. Light to fresh southeast winds.
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Boston
Anticoal scheme leads to arrest over water gas fuel fraud
A Dorchester barber Louis Duval posted an ad promising free fuel made from water gas as a substitute for coal. He collected responses, but authorities say his mail circulars misled customers on producing and using water gas fuel and prompted complaints, triggering an arrest.
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Louis Douval
Dorchester
Boston
the Post
Leroy Street
Louis
Grove Hall
Duval
Five Day Battle in Venezuela Continues
A cable from United States Minister Bowen in Caracas reports the Venezuela fighting at Victoria is ongoing since Monday, with no cessation in sight. The State Department says the gunboat Marietta, stationed at La Guaira, suffices for current needs.
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Washington
Venezuela
State Department
United States
Bowen
Caracas
Victoria
Valencia
Marietta
la Guaira
Strong denial of Lodge Morgan charges hits Springfield campaign
HOLYOKE Oct 17 The Gaston western swing drew crowds in Holyoke and Springfield as Democrats rallied behind him. He accused Lodge of personal attacks while promising to refocus on issues. Reports quote pinched tensions within the Republican ranks and booster signs from Westfield and Hampden County. Gaston plans Chicopee Northampton and a Boston ratification speech, with leaders pledging active support.
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Holyoke
William A. Gaston
Hamlin
Gaston
Springfield
Middle Western
William B. Russell
Westfield
Russell
Westfield Democrats
Bates
Macsasoit House
Worthy House
Berkshire
Hampden
Lodge
David
Colonel Russell
Lovering
Massasoit House
Senator Lodge
Repubblclan
Morgan
Pittsfield
Boston
Tramont Temple
Chicopee
Northampton
James B. Carroll
W. B. Mahoney
Chester H. Abbe
John L. Barry
D. F. Doherty
Frank F. Dewey
W. 8. Bush
J. H. Bryan
Woronoco Street Railroad Company
Hampden County
Park Square
Mr. Bryan
Mahoney
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Thomas H. Watkins
John L. Spalding
Carroll D. Wright
Tremont Temple
Josiah Quincy
John Dewitt Warner
New York
Herbert C. Joyner
WM. S. McNary
Charles S. Hamlin
Thomas J Gargan Edward Everett Brown
Ovinch
Tremont Street
Band of the Working Boys
Mr. Lodge
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