Victory by I. and R. on First Test in Constitutional Vote
The initiative and referendum won 148 to 129 in the constitutional test vote, moving the power to amend the constitution from the Legislature to the people. Much debate followed on amendments, signatures, recalls, and the balance between liberal and conservative forces in the Massachusetts convention.
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Walker
John W. Cummings
Fall River
Justice of the Peace
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Auto overturns injuring three in Haverhill crash
In Ward Hall on Boston road three men were injured when the car slid into a sand bank and overturned. Albert Small fractured skull in critical condition at Hale Hospital. Richard E Finn driver had a broken nose and gashes to the forehead. Edward H Noyes suffered a bad head cut. All three hospitalized at Hale.
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Haverhill
Boston Road
Ward Hall
Albert Small
Bradford Avenue
Hale Hospital
Richard E. Finn
Washington Street
South Groveland
Edward H. Noyes
Emerson Street
Wheelmen elect officers at annual meeting
The National Assembly League of American Wheelmen held its annual meeting at the Hotel Marlague. Elected officers include President Milo M. Belding of New York first vice president Elmer G. Whitney of Dover New Hampshire second vice president W M Frisbie of New York auditor Augustus Nickerson of Boston and secretary treasurer Abbot Bassett of Newtonville Central avenue.
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National Assembly League of American Wheelmen
Hotel
Marliage
Milo M. Belding
New York
Elmer G. Whitney
Dover
N. H
W. M. Frisbie
Augustus Nickerson
Boston
Abbot Bassett
Central Avenue
Newtonville
Four Year Old Killed by Electric Car in Medford
Rosamond Clifford, four, darted across Medford street in Somerville and was struck by an electric car and killed before her mother and two sisters. The family, returning from the movies, was accompanied by Mrs. C. N. Soper, a relative, at 474 Medford street where they are staying.
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Medford Street
Somerville
Rosamond Clifford
Congress Begins To Talk Of Adjournment
Washington September 13 Congress today took on a pre adjournment appearance The Senate held its shortest session in weeks and leaders began discussion of an adjournment schedule They planned to send a committee to President Wilson upon his return to discuss a final legislative programme.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Wilson
Warm Tells Defense in Murder Trial at Fort Ethan Allen
Robert Warm of Pottstown Pennsylvania a cavalryman at Fort Ethan Allen testified in his own defense in the murder trial of Jennie Hemmingway who was found dead Aug 12 in a corn field. Warm described being followed by soldiers after walking with the girl and said he spent most of the night wandering the streets.
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ST. Albans
Robert Warm
Pottstown
Penn
Fort Ethan Allen
Jennie Hemmingway
Warm
Wakelin Murder Trial Set for October
The trial of Joseph Wakelin of Melrose and his wife for the murder of their 7 year old daughter Loretta will be held at East Cambridge in the first week of October. District Attorney Nathan A Tufts of Middlesex county confirms the date. Boston newspaper reporters who covered the Melrose case are among the first to be called as witnesses.
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Joseph Wakelin
Melrose
Loretta
East Cambridge
Nathan A. Tufts
Middlesex County
Boston
Mélrose
Fire causes $1500 damage at Arlington Heights flat
A blaze in a corner house on Ap pleton street and Hillside avenue Arlington Heights yesterday afternoon caused about 1500 dollars in damage from fire smoke and water. The fire started in the attic of the flat occupied by James Croke.
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Appleton Street
Hillside Avenue
Arlington Heights
James Croke
Pasteurizing laundry sparks debate at chemistry meeting
At the American Chemical Society session in the Technology building, Professors H G Elledge and W J McBride of the Mellen Institute of Industrial Research, University of Pittsburgh, announced that properly laundered clothes are effectively germ free and almost pasteurized. The conference also heard about new metals, stillite and rhetanium, as substitutes for platinum with potential cost reductions.
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Dr. Pasteur
American Chemical Society
H. G. Elledge
W. J. McBride
Mellen Institute of Industrial Research
University of Pittsburg
Elwood Haynes
Kokomo
Ind
Metalurgical Division
Coal miners strike talks fail, plans laid for fight
Negotiations between striking Kentucky and Tennessee coal miners and operators in Washington failed. United Mine Workers officials announce plans to continue the campaign and pursue settlement steps in the immediate aftermath.
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Washington
Kentucky
Tennessee
United Mine Workers of America
Mansfield Clue Fails in Whitman Murder Case
State police interrogation of the writer of a mysterious delivery letter yielded nothing new about Harold Whitman. The letter suggested clandestine Mansfield to Boston visits and suitcase drops at the writer’s house, a fact already known to District Attorney Tufts and his assistant. The inquiry confirms long distance visits several times weekly.
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Mansfield
Whitman
Tufts
Harold Whitman
Boston
Help to Ask Pay Increase at Boston & Maine
A petition for wage increases and an eight hour day with Saturday afternoons off will be presented to Boston & Maine management by the new joint council of office clerks house clerks and freight handlers at the Boston terminal. The council elected M. H. Hallissey as chairman Thomas Hart as vice chairman and John D. Flynn as secretary.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Joint Council of
Boston & Maine
Boston Terminal
M. H. Hallissey
Thomas Hart
John D. Flynn
Special Excursion Rates California and Pacific Coast
Round trip price is 111.35 with some rates to Seattle and North Pacific Coast points. Colorado and return 70.85. Tickets allow stopovers and are valid until October 31. For rates, contact Beekman Tour ist Company at 288 Washington St.
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California
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Wrecked Ship Crew Reaches Ikeda Bay After Long Lifeboat Voyage
A lifeboat carrying Captain Haruhiko Shioga and 16 crew members from the Kotchira wrecked July 87 in Alaskan waters has arrived at Ikeda Bay in the Queen Charlotte Islands. The long voyage followed the sinking and weeks at sea for the survivors. Harvard seniors face empty dorms as a result of wartime demand and shifting housing caused by the war.
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B. C
Haruhiko Shioga
Ikeda Bay
Queen Charlotte Islands
Alaskan
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