Teamsters Hint General Strike Over Freight Handler Dispute
The Teamsters Joint Council of Boston representing over 12 000 members urged Governor Walsh and Mayor Curley to press railroads for arbitration with freight handlers to avert trouble. A three member committee was authorized to press the demand and signals a potential broad strike by transportation unions if arbitration fails. A temporary truce was set by the Boston Central Labor Union and government conciliator Smyth was given until tomorrow morning to seek arbitration with the railroads.
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Teamsters’ Joint Council of Boston
Walsh
Curley
Teamsters
Central Labor Union
Teamsters’ Council
Michael O'Donnell
Truck Teamsters
Eugene Meahegan
Market Teamsters
Abraham Pearlstein
Boston Central Labor Union
James H. Smyth
Washington
New Haven
Boston & Maine
Boston & Albany
United States
City Hall
Boston Central Labor Union Committee
Father of Old Home Week Dead
Frank West Rollins of Concord New Hampshire former Governor and son of late Senator E H Rollins died at the Hotel Somerset at 9 last evening He was 55 and the head of FE H Rollins and Sons bankers with offices in Boston New York Chicago and San Francisco He had been ill about a year with a heart condition He originated the Old Home Week festival.
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Frank West Rollins
Concord
N. H
E. H. Rollins
Somerset
Rollins
FE. H. Rollins & Sons
Boston
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Death of Former Governor Rollins After Illness in New Hampshire
Frank West Rollins died after a month at the Someiret following a stay at Battle Creek Michigan to regain his health. He was at his bedside along with his widow and his only son Douglas, and R. B. Young of E. H. Rollins & Sons. Born February 24 1860 in Concord New Hampshire he was the son of the late United States Senator Edward H. Rollins. He studied law and private tutors and attended MIT, graduating in 1881.
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Someiret
Battle Creek
Mich
Douglas
R. B. Young
E. H. Rollins & Sons
Frank West Rollins
Concord
N. H
United States
Edward H. Rollins
City
New Haven Meeting Delayed Vote On Directors At NYNH&H
At New Haven on October 27 the NYNH&HRR stockholders convened with no business completed. Proxies delayed the vote on director actions and the annual statement. A 15 member board was to be elected as stockholders debated suits against former directors and alleged reckless expenditures.
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New Haven
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Resumed Meeting Delays Over Minority Stockholder Suit
With only a few stockholders present President Elliott reopened the meeting at a stockholder's request as several Boston men wished to go home. Asa P. French and Hugh W. Ogden introduced resolutions urging the directors to prosecute former directors and to compel officers and directors to cease objecting to the minority stockholders suit now pending.
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Elliott
Boston
Asa P. French
Hugh W. Ogden
Massachusetts Women Form State Branch of Security League
Governor Walsh addressed over 50 Massachusetts women in the State House, urging readiness to aid national defense and patriotism if war comes. He called for local groups to inspire duty to the nation and flag and to educate children on civic obligations.
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Women’s National Security League
George 8. Mumford
Larz Anderson
Jasper Whiting
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate
State House
America
Militia Adjutant Outlines Work and Women’s League Backing
Adjutant General Charles H. Cole spoke on militia aims and readiness at a gathering. A letter from Guy Murchie of the National Security League applauded the proposed women’s league branch and pledged organizational support.
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Charles H. Cole
State Militia
Guy Murchie
National Security League
Women's League
Readville Strike Demands Higher Wages at New Haven Plant
About 200 unorganized laborers at New Haven railroad Readville plant walked out for higher pay. They earn 8.65 dollars for a 54 hour week and seek 12 dollars. The 100 car plant workers who remained are expected to stay away tomorrow as organizers plan a headquarters and possible spread to other departments.
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New Haven Railroad
Readville
Gold Rains on Jerry's Silver Day
O Connell Hall in the Hibernian building Roxbury hosted nearly 500 guests for a 25th wedding anniversary tribute to City Councillor James A. Watson and Mrs. Watson. Mayor Curley and other notable figures attended along with Watson's old friends and chums.
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O'Connell
Hibernian
Dudley Street
Roxbury
James A. Watson
Jerry Receives City Gift in Public Ceremony
Jim and Mrs Watson along with Councillor Watson and family attend a Boston city event where Jerry accepts a heavy leather bag of money from city employees via John F. Gilman. Mrs Watson wears sapphire blue crepe, Miss Madeline Watson carries roses, and Jerry thanks the crowd huskily after the presentation of a $150 chest of silver.
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Watson
Jim
Jerry
City Employees of
Boston
John FE. Gilman
National
Councillor Watson
Mrs. Watson
William R. Watson
Madeline Watson
Fay Disowned by Germany Amid Bomb Plot Probe
Count von Bernstorff telegraphs that Robert Fay, arrested in New York for conspiring to place bombs on departing ships, had no ties to the German secret service or government. The State Department says the case should be handled by the courts as it probes the alleged munitions-ship attack plot.
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Washington
Count von Bernstorff
State Department
Robert Fay
New York
Secret Service
Girl Held Up By Thug In Roxbury
Nineteen year old Alice Minuitti of 13 Sherwood street Roxbury was grabbed by a man in dark clothes near George and Shirley streets. He demanded directions to the terminal station then struck her in the face and fled leaving her with cuts on the left cheek and temple and a black eye. She works as a cleanser for L H Daloz Company and reported the assault to police.
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Alice
Minuitti
Sherwood Street
Roxbury
Miss Minuitti
Pasquali Minuitti
L. H. Daloz Company
Cleansers
Shirley Street
George and
Shirley Streets
Somerville Girl Scared Off Holdup Man
Mildred H Thompson of 1712 final avenue Somerville was held up at six last night by a burglar who leveled a revolver. Her screams scared him away. She was returning home from a Highland avenue car and was followed briefly before the assailant fled. Police suspect the same man may be behind two other near identical hold ups in recent days.
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Mildred H. Thompson
Final Avenue
Somerville
Miss Thompson
Highland Avenue
German official denies Fay connection in New Jersey arrest
Baron Mumm von Schwarzenstein of the German foreign office says no such person as Fay is known to Berlin and that the office has no secret service department. He notes officers reveal their regiment, not their army corps, and says he is investigating the Fay case while expressing ignorance of the specific claims.
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Berlin
London
Baron Mumm von Schwarzenstein
Foreign Office
New Jersey
Robert Fay
Fay
Secret Service Department
Baron Mumm
No More Arrests in Ship Plot Case to Grand Jury
The government will present the five men charged with conspiring to destroy transatlantic ships laden with munitions for the allies to a federal grand jury next month. Detectives gathered quantities of explosives belonging to prisoners after a conference between U S Attorney H Snowden Marshall and William J Flynn.
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Federal
New York
United States
H. Snowden Marshall
William J. Flynn
Allied Armies Seek to Block German Move Toward Constantinople
The Kaiser's forces push toward the Danube and contact Bulgarian troops, edging toward Constantinople via Bulgaria. Experts warn the advance remains distant and vulnerable as Allied forces press from the Greek coast to disrupt Turkish rail links.
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London
Europe
Asia
Danube
Teutons
Constantinople
Roumania
Serbia
Grecian
Junction of Teutons and Bulgars Reported at Ljubicevac
Berlin makes a brief note that on the Danube at Ljubicevac east of Ezra Palanka a direct connection with General Boyadjieff’s Bulgarian army has been established by patrols. The item is continued on Page 5 First Column.
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Teuton
Bulgar
Berlin
Ljubicevac
Danube
Ezra
Moon and planets guide Gloucester year calendar and sky events
Gloucester listings note lunar cycle dates for the rest of the year with new and full moons, the first and last quarters, and seasonal markers. It also covers Jupiter and Saturn rising patterns, Mars near Regulus, and warning times for auto and vehicle lamps. Anniversaries include White Plains 1776, Statue of Liberty 1886, and St Simon's Day.
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Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Regulus
Battle of
White Plains
N. Y
St. Simon's
St. Jude's Day
Emden
Zemtchug
Penang Harbor
Boston Weather Outlook Turns Fair Into Weekend
Fair skies expected across Boston and vicinity on Thursday and Friday with little temperature change and moderate west to southwest winds. In Washington the Newalee region forecast to see fair weather on Thursday and Friday with warmer interior temperatures.
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Boston
Washington
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