Blame Constable for Tax Arrest in Boston Row
Mayor Fitzgerald and Tax Collector Bowdoin Parker defended the city against arrest over poll tax nonpayment for 69 year old Harry Ashkanazy. Constable Twomey testified the man refused to pay and was jailed, while officials pledged reforms and discretion to avoid similar cases.
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Fitzgerald
Bowdoin S. Parker
Harry Ashkanazy
South End
Jeremiah A.twomey
Boston
Ashkanazy
Twomey
Court Street
Rose Street
Collecor
Charles Street
City Hall
Parker
Philip
B. S. Parker
Wages Move Under Way in Fall River Mills
In Fall River on October 17 a wage hike campaign starts as the weavers union leads a textile council request. Unions will vote within weeks on presenting a demand to mill owners.
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Fall River
Weavers’ Union
Textile Council
Split in Boston Hotel Workers Union Ends Membership
Last night a split occurred in the Boston Hotel Workers Union as many members quit the union at a meeting held at 170 Harrison Avenue where new officers were installed. Conservative members on strike at Parker House withdrew, surrendering their membership books and saying the union’s plans were too radical to continue.
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Boston Hotel Workers’ Union
Harrison Avenue
Parker House
Gibbons Calls on Mrs Wilson in Baltimore Visit
Mrs Woodrow Wilson and Miss Jessie Wilson arrived in Baltimore to visit at the invitation of the Women's Wilson League. Cardinal Gibbons called on them at the Ellicott residence. Luncheon followed at Mrs William M Ellicott home and a reception was held at the Arundel Club.
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Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
Jessie Wilson
Wilson League
Cardinal Gibbons
League
Carpenters Vote Against Rejoining A F L in Boston
The Greater Boston Carpenter's District Council voted last night not to affiliate with the Boston A F L Building Trades department. The move followed a communication from the Boston CG L A, affecting 11 Boston locals of the 82 United Brotherhood locals that form the council.
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Carpenters
A. F
Greater Boston
Carpenter's District Council
Boston A. F. of L. Building Trades’ Department
Boston CG
L. A
Boston
United Brotherhood
Senator Weldon Heyburn Dies After Illness at 60
United States Senator Weldon Brinton Heyburn of Idaho died in Washington at age 60 after a lingering illness. He served nine years in the Senate and was noted for strong conservative views and sharp clashes with southern Senators. Burial plans include returning his body to Birmingham, Pennsylvania for graveside rites.
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Washington
United States
Weldon Brinton Heyburn
Idaho
Senate
Senator Heyburn
Birmingham
Penn
Heyburn
Lee
Quit Ranks of Suffragists in London Meeting
A mass suffragist gathering at Albert Hall endorsed militant policy. Mr. and Mrs. Pethick Lawrence seceded from the Women's Social and Political Union over extreme methods. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst presided and urged violent assaults on property.
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London
Albert Hall
Women’s Social and Political Union
Pethick Lawrence
Mrs. Lawrence
Medals Awarded by Cardinal O'Connell at Boston College
Cardinal O'Connell presents bronze commemorative medals to members of his class at Boston College and to several personal friends for the first anniversary of his elevation to the Sacred College. The four inch circular medal features his portrait and Latin inscription on the front and the cardinal's coat of arms with insignia and tassels on the reverse. The appointment date is engraved around the edge.
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Cardinal O'Connell
Boston College
Sacred College
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