Ballots Inspected in Massachusetts Tenth District
Washington Sept. 15 The Elections Committee No 2 opened an inspection of 1305 contested ballots from Massachusetts district ten in the Tague Fitzgerald election contest. Chairman Burlen of the Boston Board of Election Commissioners presented the ballots and the panel moved to executive session with Fitzgerald seeking a statement for Burlen.
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Massachusetts
N. W. Burlen
Boston Board of Election Commissioners
Hearings Discuss Pointless Testimony and Town Bet Allegation
Chairman Goodall said Burlen's testimony not essential at this time. Mr FitzGerald sought to reopen hearings by accusing Joseph F O Connell, attorney for Mr Tague, of openly offering to bet $200 that his client would be seated. The chairman ruled the charge irrelevant and the committee moved to executive session.
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Goodall
Fitzgerald
Burlen
Tague
Joseph F. O'Connell
Boston
Great Rush to Pay Up Income Taxes
Tax deadline brings extraordinary activity at the Internal Revenue Service office in the Little Building. By closing time an estimated 15 to 20 million dollars had been collected from eligible taxpayers in the third instalment.
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Internal Revenue Collector
Fire Officers Warn Strike Equated With Mutiny
The Uniformed Officers' Association of the New York Fire Department voted that any organized attempt by firemen to strike over pay demands would be akin to mutiny and desertion in danger. They argued such a strike would threaten lives and property, be unlawful, and a crime against civilization and government.
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New York
Uniformed Officers’ Association of the
New York Fire Department
Six Bandits Rob Bronx Bank for Eight Thousand
Police discuss crackdown as six armed men rob the Williamsbridge branch of the Bronx Borough Bank of 3000 in cash. The bandits flee in a high powered automobile cited by Mayor Hylan in a speech on highwaymen.
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New York
Enright
Detective Bureau Today
Williamsbridge
Bronx
Hylan
Earthquake Recorded Near Guatemala, St Louis Report
St Louis University chismograph recorded a violent quake lasting 24 minutes from 12 36 p m to 1 p m today. The disturbance was about 1500 miles south, likely in or near Guatemala.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis University
Guatemala
Jewish Trades for Big Strike
The United Hebrew Trades representing over 30 000 workers prepared for a general sympathetic strike called by the Boston Central Labor Union in support of the Boston Policemen's Union. Local 7 Raincoat Makers voted to join, marking the last of 27 locals to act.
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United Hebrew Trades
Boston Central Labor Union
Boston Policemen's Union
Raincoat Makers’ Union
Local 7
United Trades
Desperate Characters Get Trials in Record Session
The fall session of the Superior Criminal Court opened with Judge Christopher T. Callahan presiding. About 30 cases were disposed of, a record number for the term, as jurors and defendants filled the courtroom.
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Superior Criminal Court
Two-Year Term for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon
John Carroll of Haverhill was sentenced to two years in the house of correction after pleading guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon on Clarence Maddix. The case involved a .22 rifle fired while Carroll was intoxicated over a dispute about his housekeeper. The judge rejected probation despite requests from prosecutors and Maddix, noting he would not place a gunman on probation.
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John Carroll
Haverhill
House of Correction
Clarence Maddix
Maddix
Sadie F. Blaisdell
Carroll
Callahan
Carl C. Stearns
Lawrence
Wayne Oil Tank & Pump Company
Lynn
Georgetown
Methuen
Marblehead
Stearns
Harry Hakian
Hakian
Clarence Simpson
Thaddeus Beglay
Matthew Burns
Officer Simpson
Simpson
Haktian
Eastern States Exposition Opens with State's Best Stock on Display
Thousands attend the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield for the opening day. Breeders tout stock, horses, cattle, sheep and swine as the East’s finest. The show features 2100 head valued at about 1.6 million dollars, plus machinery halls with farm implements and equipment. Dozens of tractors and harvesters demonstrate outside.
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Springfield
Street Commissioners Take On Jitney Supervision
The City Council assigns jitney supervision to the street commissioners after the municipal building and police officials refused the duty under the recently enacted ordinance.
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