Suffragette Is Barred by Harvard Law School
Miss Inez Milholland, prominent suffragette leader, is denied admission to Harvard Law School by Dean James Barr Ames due to faculty and student body opposition and the school remaining male only. Milholland, a Vassar graduate and daughter of John Milholland, has led large suffrage rallies in Britain and interviewed Premier Asquith on women’s suffrage. She previously sought admission to Cambridge and Oxford without success.
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Harvard Law School
Inez Milholland
Great Britain
Pankhurst
Milholland
James Barr Ames
Board of Government
A. Lawrence Lowell
Miss Milholland
Vassar
John K. Milholland
New York
London
Premier Asquith
Cambridge
Oxford
Plan 1 Circular in Boston Political Split Exposed
Democratic City Committee chair James Donovan issued the Plan 1 circular from Old South building detailing a mixed coalition including Alderman Matthew Hale and Courtenay Guild as treasurer. Edward I. Logan is named secretary. the document urges readers to study the analysis and vote for Boston’s best interests on Navy Day.
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James Donovan
Democratic City Committee
Old South Building
Matthew Hale
Courtenay Guild
Guild
Boston
Navy
Mayor Hibbard Snubbed by Finance Commission
The Finance Commission protested the mayor by sending a report on his appointments of Edward G. Richardson and Alonzo F. Andrews to the Board of Assessors directly to the Board of Aldermen, bypassing the mayor and city council in a clash over municipal policy.
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Finance Commission
Hibbard
Messrs
Edward G. Richardson
Alonzo F. Andrews
Board of Assessors
Board of Aldermen
Finance Commission Coolly Defends Assessors Nine to Seven
The Finance Commission urged Aldermen to block Mayor Hibbard's appointments and reject a purported threat to challenge past assessors’ validity. It backed reducing the board from nine to seven, arguing seven suffices and two extra seats would waste $8000 yearly. It debunked a “four and three” split, noting seven-member meetings had five present and all decisions since reduce were unanimous and legal.
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Board of Assessors
Hibbard
Mayor and Finance Commission
New Commission
Assesors
Theommission
Folsom
Babson
Taft Chiefs Support for Deep Inland Waterways Plan
Taft addressed the Interstate Inland Waterways League convention in Corpus Christi urging a general plan for opening commerce via deep inland waterways to help control railroad rates. He favored amendments to interstate commerce laws, avoiding radical action while keeping railroads within lawful, reasonable bounds and encouraging their operation. He drew cheers as veterans of Confederate and Union armies were moved to front seating.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Congress
Taft
Interstate Inland Waterways League
New Fireboat Helps Quell 3000 Dollar Oil House Blaze
Firemen prevented a disaster at 65 Long Wharf oil house near the immigration headquarters. A second alarm was sounded upon learning of gasoline and lubricating oil in the basement. The heat was intense but no barrels exploded. Fireboat Engine 47 and Senior Hoseman Nugent aided the effort. Damage estimated at 3000 dollars. Spontaneous combustion suspected.
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MclLean-Brandom
Long Wharf
Garrity
Engine 47
Nugent
Gault Found Guilty of Assault at Malden Almshouse
Wakefield Oct 22 Judge Bruce in Malden District Court found Charles Ic Gault superintendent of the local almshouse guilty of assaulting 77 year old inmate William O Neil. The sentence is suspended and case continued until Jan 1 with stricter discipline urged to be less drastic.
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Wakefield
Charles Ic. Gault
Bruce
Malden District Court
Gault
Wiilliam O'Neil
Smuggling Ring Hints From 200 Stolen Watches Seized
Customs officials seized 200 gold and silver watches hidden in a trunk of second class passenger Evaristo Nagheri aboard the White Star liner Romanic. The find suggests a large smuggling network flooding the city with cheap watches offered at auctions. Mrs Nagheri’s childbirth prompted hospital detention delaying baggage release and aiding the inquiry.
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Romanic
Evaristo Nagheri
North Street
Watch Smuggling Suspect Detained in Trade Sweep
Inspector Mackey's search uncovered eight undeclared watches and a false bottom in a trunk, with a large quantity of watchmaking material. Nagheri pleaded not guilty and is held in $500 bail for a hearing. Customs investigates watch smugglers amid reports of cheap auctions undercutting duty costs.
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Mackey
Nagheri
United States
Hayes Nagheri
Charles Street Jall
Textile association re elects leaders and expands emergency unit
The United Textile Association of America re elected John Golden as president James Tansey first vice president and Albert Hibbert secretary treasurer all of Fall River Massachusetts and named Thomas Morgan of Paterson New Jersey second vice president The group also authorized an emergency committee of five to handle labor disputes expanding beyond the older executive council of 17 members The executive council list includes Thomas Taylor Samuel Ross Thomas Keleher Robert C Barr Paterson etc.
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Washington
United Textile Association of America Today
John Golden
James Tansey
Albert Hibbert
Fall River
Mass
Thomas Morgan
Paterson
N. J
Thomas Taylor
Samuel Ross
New Bedford
Thomas Keleher
Robert C. Barr
Thomas J. Regan
Lowell
Urban Fleming
Holyoke
Thomas McMahon
East Greenwich
R. I
George VanvVliet
Tilson
N. Y
Tobias Hall
Philadelphia
Jesse Walker
Cohoes
John KE. Moore
Joseph McLaChance
Pawtucket
James Renfew
Edward A. Lamothe
Frank McCasker
Three Belgians Ordered Deportation of Mill Workers
Three Belgian weaving experts who arrived in Woonsocket two weeks ago to work in the cotton mills have been ordered deported. The action follows immigration enforcement decisions and affects the labor assignment at local mills.
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Woonsocket
Deportation Ordered for Three Foreign Workers
Marie Delmotte aged 35 Elvire Del stoop aged 32 and Emile Meresse aged 19 face deportation to Antwerp aboard the Marquette after attempting to work in a Rhode Island factory under contract. They were charged with violating immigration laws and their appeal to Washington failed amid a weak factory labor market.
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Antwerp
Marquette
Rhode Island
Marie Delmotte
Elvire Delstoop
Emile Meresse
Washington
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