Progress on Tariff Is Rapid in Bipartisan Conference
Democratic conferees from the Senate and House report rapid progress on the tariff bill. They approve earthenware, glass, sugar with free sugar, tobacco, wood, and agricultural schedules, but leave banana tax and wheat countervailing duty unsettled and defer some rate changes in liquor and brandy provisions. The ferro manganese and steel items remain a dispute with possible revenue concerns.
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Washington
Senate
House
Mai
Underwood
Denominational Journalism Topic Prompts Boston Ministers' Meet
The Rev. Clifton D Gray PhD will speak at the Boston Ministers Conference on Sept 15 on The Future of Denominational Journalism. Dr Gray heads a Chicago church paper. Delegates of the American Board for Foreign Missions attend Burma Judson Centennial events. Lawrence B Greenwood conducts auto evangelistic meetings in Malden and Northfield with notable success.
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Clifton D. Gray
Boston
Gray
Dr Gray
Chicago
Samuel B. Capen
LL. D
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
George & Hall
William E
Sagar
India
Burma
Lawrence B. Greenwood
Malden
New. R.I
Northfield
Steamer Georgia Disabled Off Narragansett Bay
More than 100 passengers on the Bay State line steamer Georgia returning to Providence after its steering gear failed off Despair Island near Warwick Neck. The Tennessee rescued the disabled ship’s passengers and returned them to Providence where they demanded rail transport to New York. An indignation meeting was held on the dock, and a Boston committee was appointed to represent the travelers in action against the company.
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Providence
New York
Georgia
Bay State Line
Narragansett Bay
Despair Island
Warwick Neck
Tennessee
Boston
Philip Rosenblum
Oswego Street
Saul
Slater
Washington Street
Maine Amendments Win Big Voters Favor by 10000
Augusta Maine Sept 12 The two constitutional amendments approved by Maine voters last Monday received pluralities around 10000 according to returns from all but 38 town clerks.
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Augusta
Maine
Erie Railroad Co Fined 20000 for Demurrage Charges
Rochester N Y September 12 On a guilty plea to an indictment charging failure to collect demurrage charges on coal shipments to Buffalo the Erie Railroad Company was fined 20090 by Judge Russel in the United States District Court at Canandaigua today.
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Rochester
N. Y
Buffalo
Erie Railroad Company
Russel
United States
Canadaigua
Dispute Over Baby Body Splits Newark Family
In Newark and Irvington police guard the line dividing home of Allen Krichman as the seven month old baby's body sits inside. Krichman and his separated wife plan burial in different cemeteries with neighbors split in support. Kriechman tried to enter to move the body to a different cemetery prompting police involvement.
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Newark
N. J
Irvington
Allen Krichman
Krichman
Clinton
Catholic Church Notes on Holy Cross feast and devotions
Tomorrow marks the Holy Cross feast with services at the Cathedral at 10 o'clock led by His Eminence the cardinal. The Rev. John F. Cummins will lead Memorial Day style prayers for the dead at Calvary Cemetery’s mortuary chapel this Sunday through October. A total raised for St Elizabeth's Hospital fund reaches 27 701 03 with August additions of 912 20. The Forty Hours Devotion is set to begin in multiple parishes, and a youth retreat is planned at Blessed Gabriel Monastery in Brighton. A Redemptorist mission is scheduled for Roslindale in October.
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John F. Cummins
Calvary Cemetery
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Brighton
St. Ann's Church
Lawrence
St. Mary’s Church
Marlboro
St. Michael's Church
Avon
Church of the Sacred Heart
South Natick
Church of, Our Lady of Sorrows
Sharon
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Blessed Gabriel Monastery
Washington Street
Passionist Fathers
Gaudentius Hayden
C. P
Christian Science Contention Wins
A letter to the editor defends Christian Science after Benjamin Jewell’s acquittal in London for manslaughter. It argues reports misrepresented the judge’s stance and asserts the court did not condemn Christian Science nor enter a defense. The author, Albert E. Miller, calls for truth and justice in coverage from Sept. 12, 1913.
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Benjamin Jewell
London
Eng
Theorg
Albert E. Miller
Hybrid melons debut from six years of NH state college work
A display in Horticultural Hall showcased hybrid melons developed over six years in the New Hampshire State College department of horticulture. The exhibit marks their first public presentation and highlights the research effort behind the new varieties.
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New Hampshire State College
Horticultural Hall
Dahlia and fruit show tops at Granite State College exhibit
The Granite State College exhibit leads a large horticulture display under James Wheeler of Natick. The dahlia department shows 50 more exhibits than last year while the New Hampshire State College debuts in vegetables. A Brookline display from the William Whitman estate uses 160 feet of table space with flowers and vegetables, and Mrs. John L. Gardner contributes two plant displays not entered for contest.
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Granite State College
Horticultural Society
James Wheeler
Natick
Wheeler
Post
New Hampshire State College
T. Ke? Proctor
Topsfield
Massachusetts
Boston
William Whitman
Brookline
John L. Gardner
No Epidemic Declared After Martinez Plague Case
San Francisco reports no bubonic plague epidemic. Dr. J D Long states the Martinez death was sporadic and notes another case in San Benito involving a Japanese strawberry picker. He cites ongoing plague prevalence among rats and ground squirrels and infection linked to work in affected neighborhoods.
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San Francisco
Martinez
J. D. Long
San Benito County
San Benito
Louisburg to Celebrate 200th Anniversary Event
Louisburg C B Sept 12 The 200th anniversary of the French founded military post of Louisburg will be observed Sept 2. Notables from across Canada will attend including Premier Borden Premier Murray Sir George Garnneau and Sir Charles Townsend.
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Louisburg
C. B
Old Town
Canada
Borden
Murray
George Garneau
Charles Townsend
Death From Plague Reported in California
A Martinez resident died of bubonic plague confirmed by Dr. D. H. Curry at the Federal Laboratory Service. The State Board of Health said the Federal government would add forty thousand dollars to the plague fight. Dr. J. D. Long of the U S Marine Hospital Service in San Francisco verified the diagnosis.
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Sacramento
Cal
Martinez
State Board of Health
J. D. Long
United States Marine Hospital Service
San Francisco
W. F. Snow
Washington, D. C
D. H. Curry
Federal Laboratory Service
Long
Lutheran Church plans 400th Reformation celebration
Toledo Ohio reports that Rev Dr T E Schmank outlined 1917 plans for the 400th anniversary of the Reformation. The program includes a standard English church book and hymnal, English selections from Luther for popular reading, a large jubilee fund, and broad cooperation among Lutheran bodies in America.
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Toledo
Ohio
T. E. Schmank
General Council
Lutheran Church of North America
America
Sea-going police to swim tests at Cambridge
Commissioner Cunningham orders Cambridge police to be sea going by requiring applicants to swim. The policy aims to reduce the toll of the Charles River and city canals while ensuring officers can operate on water.
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Cambridge
Cunningham
Charles
Postal workers accused in million dollar necklace theft
London officials report evidence at Bow Street Court linking five postal employees to the July 16 disappearance of a $625,000 pearl necklace mailed from Paris to a London dealer. Unclear whether suspects are French or British post office staff.
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London
Paris
Bow Street
Wallace Building Co to Build Elm Street Bridge in Nashua
The contract for a new cement bridge over Elm street in the Lakeport end of Nashua has been awarded to Wallace Building Company for 17530 dollars.
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Nashua
N. H
Elm Street
Lakeport
Wallace Building Company
Unusual Malden Nuptials Wed Between 79 Year Old Groom and 39 Year Old Bride
In Malden yesterday John Wesley Ulm of Chicago and Susan Alicia Johnson daughter of Mr and Mrs Benjamin Johnson of 14 Oxford street married at the bride’s home in a quiet ceremony attended by close relatives. The Rev George G Hamilton officiated and the couple left for a honeymoon in the Rocky Mountain region. Ulm is a Chicago real estate broker with interests in California orange groves.
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Malden
John Wesley Ulm
Chicago
Susan Alicia Johnson
Benjamin Johnson
Oxford Street
City Hall
Ulm
Rocky Mountain
George G. Hamilton
Everett Universalist Church
West
California
Burgess Plans Foreign Airship Studies
W Starling Burgess of Marblehead sails to Europe with Mrs Burgess to study the latest flying machines. From Hamburg he travels to France to inspect an aeroplane flown upside down and then visits Aldershot and Farnborough to observe English aircraft. He expects to deliver four new army aeroplanes and four hydroplanes to the U S government within the month.
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W. Starling Burgess
Marblehead
Transcontinental Pullman Tickets to California Offered
A Boston notice offers $55.15 tickets to California and North Pacific Coast points with travel Sept 24 to Oct 9. Personal conduct, electric lighted leather Pullman tourist car, departs Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays on fast trains. Send for illustrated folders. E H Boynton N E P A Grand Trunk Ry 256 Washington St Boston.
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North Pacific Coast
E. H. Boynton
Grand Trunk Ry
Washington St
Boston
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