Humanize Law Focus of ABA Session in Washington
President Wilson urged humanizing the law by adding justice to cases while reducing citations. Former President Taft called for quicker litigation and end to delays, urging judges to decide most cases at the end of arguments. Justice McReynolds urged judges to enforce the law more affirmatively and to explain government aims to the public. The gathering included discussions on legislation affecting courts, bar admission rules, and patent law aspects.
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Washington
American Bar Association
Wilson
Taft
McReynolds
Winslow
Wisconsin
Rugg
Massachusetts
Simeon E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Comparative Law Bureau
Edmund Wetmore
New York
Lucien H. Alexander
Pennsylvania
Justice McReynolds Urges Judges Toward Public Opinion
At a bar association meeting Associate Justice McReynolds urged judges to heed public opinion. Senator Elihu Root called for applying evidence rules with common sense and expert help. APan American reception hosted by the chief and assistant justices closed the day as Taft spoke on uniformity of decisions. Reports and Mt. Vernon pilgrimage are set for tomorrow.
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McReynolds
Supreme Court
Bar Association
Elihu Root
United States
Mt. Vernon
Taft
Wilson
Palermo carries out Italian reservists shipment to Genoa
A steamship named Palermo left Boston yesterday carrying 70 Italian reservists from New England with consular certificates promising military service. The ship also carried 14 cabin passengers and 1050 steerage travelers, and the voyage included the largest grain shipment ever sent from Boston to Italy.
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Boston
Italy
Palermo
Genoa
New England
W. C. T. U. of State Convention Opens in Lawrence
Lawrence October 20 The 41st annual convention of the State Woman's Christian Temperance Union opened at Trinity Church with delegates from all sections. President Mrs Katherine Lent Stevenson of Boston delivered the annual address, followed by department reports. The convention will run through Thursday.
Mayor Curley Audiences Oppose Pheasant Slaughter
Boston officials and sportsmen protested widespread killing of Massachusetts pheasants. Critics urge suspending the open season and stricter enforcement as the birds become tame near towns. The Fish and Game Commission defends revenue use and open season amid calls for safeguards.
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Curley
Boston Common
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
the Fish and Game Commission
George W
Commission For the Protection of Fame
Commission
Buckley
Station 5
Cathedral
Washington Street
Franklin Park Zoo
Franklin Park
Fish and Game Commission
Boston
W. A. Morse
Walsh
John R. Stewart
Boston Blacking Company
Cambridge
Mayor Good Calls Pheasant Shooting Outrage
Cambrege Mayor Good denounces open pheasant season as cruel and unsporting. He advocates closing the season and condemns killing birds, saying true sportsmen should avoid them.
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Mayor Good
Cambrege
Hotel Thief Given Two Years Sentence
Robert Tremont with a long criminal record dating to 1899 was sent to the House of Correction by Judge Quinn for two years. Police say he is among the most accomplished hotel crooks, charged with stealing a suitcase from Hotel Lenox.
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Robert Tremont
House of Correction
Quinn
Tremont
Hotel Lenox
Public gifts totaling nearly 100000 in will filed
The will of Mrs. Harriet R. Ballou filed for probate in Woonsocket leaves the Congregational Home Mission Society 30000 and the American Board of Foreign Missions 10000. Other public bequests go to Woonsocket institutions.
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Woonsocket
Harriet R. Ballou
Congregational Home Mission Society
American Board of Foreign Missions
Secretary Lane Recovers From Illness Plans West Campaign
Secretary Lane of the Interior Department is recovering from a recent attack of eriope and expects to leave Washington Thursday afternoon to attend campaign engagements in the West. He will speak early next week in Reno Nevada and then proceed to California.
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Washington
Lane
Interior Department
Eriope
West
Reno
Nevada
California
Oak Elected Director of Bangor and Aroostook RR
Bangor Me Oct 20 Hon Charles J Oak of this city was elected a director of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad at the stockholders annual meeting. He fills the vacancy created by the resignation of T H Phair of Presque Isle.
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Bangor, Me
Charles J. Oak
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
Oak
T. H. Phair
Presque Isle
Pumping Plant Is Homeless in Fort Point Bid
Boston plans a high pressure pumping station to replace city fire engines but remains without a site. Commissioner Rourke again seeks a location as Army Engineers advise the War Department to deny permission for placement in Fort Point Channel.
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Boston
Public Works
Rourke
Seeenth
Board of Army Engineers
War Department
Fort Point Channel
Boston Officials React to Army Engineers Decision
Mayor Curley and Public Works Commissioner Rourke learned of a new job plan yesterday roiling officials. The Secretary of War’s office confirmed there is a right of appeal, though the Mayor doubted its value and expressed little hope that appealing would succeed.
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Curley
Public Works
Rourke
Secretary of War
Washington
Ile
Boston
Search for pumping station site near Fort Point channel continues
Fort Point channel site eyed by city officials as ideal and safe from fire for a new pumping station. Army engineers worry that a channel location would hinder navigation. New Mayor Curley proposes Goodnow's wharf on Commercial Street near the Charlestown bridge, while other sites are deemed equally poor.
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Fort Point
Curley
Goodnow’s
Commercial Street
Charlestown Bridge
Fair Harvard Study Urges Knowledge of Alma Mater
Harvard freshmen face compulsory study of the alma mater song if they will not learn Wait Harvard voluntarily. The Harvard Crimson urges all Harvard men to know at least the first two verses of Fair Harvard.
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Harvard
Harvard Crimson
Brogna Protest Taken Under Advisement
Vincent Brogna, representative from Ward 6, protested against Alfred Santosuosso, the Democratic candidate for Ward 6. The ballot law commission heard the case yesterday and took the matter under advisement after Santosuosso presented evidence of residence.
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Vincent Brogna
Alfred Santosuosso
Ballot Law Commission
Brogna
Santosuosso
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