Hoodlums threaten trains in East Boston riot
Thomas Shumpkin and Thomas Martin, both 17, were arrested at Station 7 East Boston after a violent clash with police on narrow gauge trains and at Revere Beach resorts. They aided a mob that damaged a beach train by destroying rear lights and pulling bell cords. Patrolman George A. Scott was badly beaten and treated by Dr. McMichel.
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Thomas Shumpkin
Church Street
Thomas Martin
Harrison Avenue
Station 7
East
Boston
Revere Beach
George A. Scott
McMichel
Youth crowd disrupts beach resorts then violence on return train
A large group of youths caused disturbances at beaches and resorts with petty annoyances and insults to women. Police restrained the crowd and loaded them onto a Boston train where violence erupted. A brakeman was struck, two ringleaders were detained, a boy was injured, and officers maintained order across the harbor.
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Boston
Orient Heights
29 Arrests in Raid of Clubroom
Twenty nine young men from Cambridge and Somerville were arrested in an early morning raid on the C. A. A. clubrooms at Cambridge street East Cambridge. Officers found a lively crap game, seized nine dice and playing cards, and took the suspects to Station 3 for bail.
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Cambridge
Somerville
Cambridge Street
East
Counihan
White
Eighth Street
Longshoremen Reject Arbitration Settlement at Boston Metropolis wharves
Boston Longshoremen's Trades Council and Assembly 1062 voted to ignore the arbitration board's compromise on the Metropolitan Steamship Company strike. They demanded immediate reinstatement of strikers and opposed any board member working for the company, while a Knights of Labor district will vote tonight. The Boston Central Labor Union praised the Civic Federation of New England and Dennis D. Driscoll for mediating the talks and authorized thanks to Hayes Robbins and Driscoll.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
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Civic Federation of New England
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Four Missing After Gilmour Hotel Fire
Four persons remain missing from the Gilmour Hotel fire in Ottawa Ontario. L Loveday of Peterboro Vermont Wilson of Montreal a man named Shillington and a woman named Renaud have not been heard from. Water continues to be sprayed on the ruins hindering search efforts.
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Ottawa
Ont
Gilmour Hotel
Boston Party Meets Tragic Fate in Lark at New York
A Boston social gathering on a New York outing ends in tragedy. Police report one dead and several injured after a chaotic incident at a function described as a party or lark. Investigators say the event drew prominent locals and travelers.
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Fate
Lark
Miss Day Escapes Death in Narrow Escape Story
In a dramatic extract Miss Day recounts a near fatal incident aboard a scow. She and Mr. Klees leaped at the moment danger neared and she describes diving to surface and climbing aboard using a chain for support, surviving a perilous spill.
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Mr. Klees
Partly Cloudy Forecast For Boston And New England
Forecast notes partly cloudy to fair weather for Boston area and surrounding towns. Monday partly cloudy generally fair. Tuesday fair and warmer with fresh northwest winds. Also notes steamers to European ports will see fresh northeast winds and fair conditions to the Grand Banks.
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Boston
Washington
New England
European
Grand Banks
Cat Run Over by Auto Wounded Man in Essex Street Area
A motor vehicle struck a cat on Chatham street near Essex street. To end the animal's suffering an officer shot it, and the bullet ricocheted off a curb hitting Nathaniel Newhall in the groin, causing a severe flesh wound.
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Slynn
Chatham Street
Essex Street
George Clark
Nathaniel Newhall
Chicago nine's Sunday wins boost standings
Both Chicago nines won their Sunday games as the pennant races tighten and key players contributed to solid victories for their teams in a busy weekend schedule.
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Chicago
Yale
Survivors of auxiliary launch Sausage in Sheepshead Bay incident
The survivors include Mabel Cook of Boston and Fannie Day, both former McCreery’s millinery staff, plus William Walton Dodd and Philip Dodd and an unnamed bookmaker. Bodies of R. Gertrude Saunders of Boston and Minnie Fitzpatrick of Everett, and an unknown man remain unrecovered after the mud scow collision. the boat was overloaded.
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New York
Sheepshead Bay
Mabel Cook
Boylston Street
Boston
Fannie Day
McCreery
William Walton Dodd
Philip Dodd
Klees
R. Gertrude Saunders
Massachusetts Avenue
Minnie Fitzpatrick
Vernal Street
Everett
Narrow Escape From Mud Scow Ordeal Saves Miss Day
Miss Day survived a mud scow incident by crawling along the bottom to reach the open dump hole and climbing to safety on deck. She fainted on reaching the surface, was revived by crew, and sheltered in the engine room to dry her wet clothes before continuing to the pier at One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Street.
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Miss Day
Thirtieth Street
One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Street
Palma Stops War On Rebels In Cuba Peace Move Ahead
President Palma and advisers, fearing U S intervention, ordered a halt to hostilities as emissaries from the rebels join talks. Both sides seek peace terms before Taft and Bacon arrive, aiming to show U S aid is no longer needed and avert intervention.
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Havana
Palma
United States
Taft
Bacon
Roosevelt
Cuba
Cuban Government Seeks Peace Without U S Intervention
Havana reports the government is making strenuous efforts to restore peace in Cuba and avoid American intervention. President Roosevelt's letter guide is cited as backing a settlement between government and revolutionists without foreign force, while a decree suspends campaign operations and keeps forces on the defensive.
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Havana
Cuba
Taft
Bacon
Associated Press
Roosevelt
United States
Palma
Warships on Way to Havana Could Land 4000 Men
Navy announces Louisiana Virginia and New Jersey ordered down Atlantic coast on a shake down cruise. Cruisers Tacoma Cleveland Minneapolis and Newark sail from Norfolk with about 700 men on board for possible Havana landing by midweek. Final instructions to Cleveland and others to be issued at Key West as ships proceed.
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Navy Department
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Virginia
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Cuba
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Dixie
Marietta
Cienfuegos
New York
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